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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.   ¨,«=%£¤#@@
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##£==,¨¨¨¨  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... ¨,«=%£¤###
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##@¤£%=«,¨   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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