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¨¨¨¨¨~†%##             # tele migraine #            ##%†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~*†%##             #               #            ##%†*~~¨¨¨
¨:~****††&            ###~         ~###             &††****~:¨
¨:::~~~†%&                                          &%†~~~:::¨
¨¨¨~~*%&&#   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.        &†*~~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&###   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.                  &%†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨::::**†&#                                          #&†**::::¨
¨:::~**†&#     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.     ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*%&####                                          ####&%*~:¨
¨:~***††&&             it's raining sap.            &&††***~:¨
¨:~*†%%%##        we're getting sweet and wet       ##%%%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&###            ###~         ~###             ###&%†*~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†&#                                          #&†~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~~~†%&   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.    ###&%†*~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::*%#                                          #%*::¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~*%&  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....         #&%†~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨¨¨:***†%&            ###~         ~###             &%†***:¨¨¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&&&&  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.              &&%†*~~¨¨¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&###   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...  ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~*†%&###                                          ###&%†*~:¨
¨:~~~††%##   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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¨¨¨¨~*†%%#                                          #%%†*~¨¨¨¨