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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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