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¨.«=$$@@## the so called "third migraine". it's ##@@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# like a regular migraine but it does not #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨..=$@ hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is @$=..¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# there and it's draining the evil #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨««$$$@ straight out of the wound. @$$$««¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨«==$$$@ @$$$==«¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# it's massaging your temples, piercing #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# you, entering your blood, cracking the #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$@#@## skull open. a paw grips your brain, ##@#@$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@@## plays with it, pulls it out into the ##@@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨««$@# cosmos. #@$««¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=$$@ @$$=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$@#@## there's comets! space oddities. ##@#@$=«.¨
¨.«=$$$$@@ solitary oscillations. carrier wave. @@$$$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@@ burned away by the suns radiation until @@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨«$$@@ only the faintest trace remain, @@$$«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«=$@# eventually caught in the gravity well #@$=«.¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# of some second rate water planet. #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@##@ @##@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨...=$@@ it's raining sap. @@$=...¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«$@ we're getting sweet and wet @$«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨..=$$@ @$$=..¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨«==$@# my lunch break is over and i need to #@$==«¨¨¨¨
¨...«$$$@@ get back to the shop. lynne is there @@$$$«...¨
¨.«=$$@### alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the ###@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# back route up from the beach to avoid #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨..=$@@ the crowd. sing a little to myself. @@$=..¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.«=$@ @$=«.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# life gets to prosper outside of¨#=««« - #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=$@# suddenly, an acid flashback: i step #@$=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# down in my mind (like an open mind / #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨..=$$@ and wade in shadows... surrounded by @$$=..¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@@## memory negatives, ##@@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# like uprocessed film.... #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨.=$$$@ @$$$=.¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@##@ ###« «### @##@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨«==$@ we're closing for the evening. the shop @$==«¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# is in the bottom floor of a narrow #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«=$# mudbrick building, painted teal. we #$=«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.«««=$@ live on the second floor, together with @$=«««.¨¨¨
¨.«=$$$$@@ the owner. as i close the metal @@$$$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$$$$# curtain, behind its characteristic #$$$$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# sharp rattling i can hear the #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@@ curfew sirens. @@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@@ @@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# wormy street wolves outside, chasing #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@@## entrances in the dark alleyways, ##@@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.«$@ wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing @$«.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# to search higher, on roofs, climbing on #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨¨¨.==$#@ balconies. and there's bound to be some @#$==.¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# reckless tourist who didn't heed the #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@@ warnings, never closed their windows... @@#@$$=«.¨
¨.«=$$@#@# #@#@$$=«.¨
¨.««««$$@@ or, in some cases, the houseowner had @@$$««««.¨
¨¨¨¨.=$@#@ the window bolts weakened, and when @#@$=.¨¨¨¨
¨.«=$$@#@# cleaning up the aftermath would pocket #@#@$$=«.¨
¨¨...«$$@# their belongings. #@$$«...¨¨
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