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.....^-;$%            # tele migraine #             %$;-^.....
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.^-;$%£@##   the so called "third migraine". it's   ##@£%$;-^.
..^-;$%£@# like a regular migraine but it does not  #@£%$;-^..
...^-;$%£@    hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is   @£%$;-^...
....^-;$%£     there and it's draining the evil     £%$;-^....
.....^-;$%        straight out of the wound.        %$;-^.....
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.......^-;  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.                 %$;-^.....
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...^-;$%£@      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.    £%$;-^....
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......^-;$            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)   $;-^......
.......^-;   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   ;-^.......
........^-            memory negatives,             -^........
.......^-;         like uprocessed film....         ;-^.......
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...^-;$%£@  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.              $;-^......
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........^-   wormy street wolves outside, chasing   -^........
.......^-;     entrances in the dark alleyways,     ;-^.......
......^-;$  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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