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....,/$$$¶             #               #            ¶$$$/,....
......~/$&            # tele migraine #             &$/~......
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.,~///%$&&            ###~         ~###             &&$%///~,.
.,~/%$&¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶@#   the so called "third migraine". it's   #@¶&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶@#  like a regular migraine but it does not #@¶&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶@#    hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is   #@¶&$%/~,.
....,/$$&¶     there and it's draining the evil     ¶&$$/,....
.,~/%$&¶@#        straight out of the wound.        #@¶&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶##                                          ##¶&$%/~,.
..,~~/%&¶@  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,     &%~~~.....
...,~//$&&   eventually caught in the gravity well  &&$//~,...
.,~/%$&&&&     of some second rate water planet.    &&&&$%/~,.
.,~%$&¶@##                                          ##@¶&$%~,.
.,~/%$&@##             it's raining sap.            ##@&$%/~,.
.,,~~//%&&       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   &%/,......
.,~/%$&¶@#    the crowd. sing a little to myself.   #@¶&$%/~,.
......,/%&                                          &%/,......
.,~~/%$&&@  life gets to prosper outside of.¶/~~~ - @&&$%/~~,.
.,~/%$&¶@#    suddenly, an acid flashback: i step   #@¶&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶@@   down in my mind (like an open mind /   @@¶&$%/~,.
..,,/%%&&@   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 @&%%/,....
.,~/%%$$&¶   reckless tourist who didn't heed the   ¶&$$%%/~,.
.,~%$&¶@##  warnings, never closed their windows... ##@¶&$%~,.
.....,/%&@                                          @&%/,.....
.,~/%$&¶@@  or, in some cases, the houseowner had   @@¶&$%/~,.
......~~%&    the window bolts weakened, and when   &%~~......
.,~/%$&@##  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ##@&$%/~,.
.,~/%$&¶@#            their belongings.             #@¶&$%/~,.
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