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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  ###¶£%^«^,
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