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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.   &%^^^^^¨¨¨
¨^«^%$&###  burned away by the suns radiation until ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$$$$#     only the faintest trace remain,      #$$$$%^«^¨
¨¨¨¨«%%$##  eventually caught in the gravity well   ##$%%«¨¨¨¨
¨^«^%$&###    of some second rate water planet.     ###&$%^«^¨
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¨¨^^«%%&##            it's raining sap.             ##&%%«^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^«%&        we're getting sweet and wet       &%«^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^«^%$&###   get back to the shop. lynne is there   ###&$%^«^¨
¨¨¨¨^«%&&#  alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the  #&&%«^¨¨¨¨
¨^«^%$&###  back route up from the beach to avoid   ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###    the crowd. sing a little to myself.   ###&$%^«^¨
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¨¨^^«^^$##  life gets to prosper outside of¨#^««« - ##$^^«^^¨¨
¨^«^%$&###   suddenly, an acid flashback: i step    ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###   down in my mind (like an open mind /   ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%%%&&#            memory negatives,             #&&%%%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&&&#         like uprocessed film....         #&&&$%^«^¨
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¨^«%$&####    is in the bottom floor of a narrow    ####&$%«^¨
¨^«^%$&###   mudbrick building, painted teal. we    ###&$%^«^¨
¨^«^%&#### live on the second floor, together with  ####&%^«^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^%&#     the owner. as i close the metal      #&%^^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^«^%$####    curtain, behind its characteristic    ####$%^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###       sharp rattling i can hear the      ###&$%^«^¨
¨¨¨^^^^$##              curfew sirens.              ##$^^^^¨¨¨
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¨^«^$&####   wormy street wolves outside, chasing   ####&$^«^¨
¨^«^%$&###     entrances in the dark alleyways,     ###&$%^«^¨
¨¨^^««%&&&  wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing  &&&%««^^¨¨
¨^«^%$$&## 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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¨^«^%$&###  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ###&$%^«^¨
¨¨¨¨^««^%&             their belongings.            &%^««^¨¨¨¨
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