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¨~«^§&§£##  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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¨~«^§&§£##    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.            #£§§§««~¨¨
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¨~«^§&§£##   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.   #§§§«¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~^&§§    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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«§§   mudbrick building, painted teal. we    §§«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~~«§&&§ live on the second floor, together with  §&&§«~~~¨¨
¨¨¨~^^§§§£     the owner. as i close the metal      £§§§^^~¨¨¨
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¨~«^§&§££#     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... #§&§^^«~~¨
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