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.....~~†^¤             ###~         ~###            ¤^†~~.....
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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.                 ###¤¤^†~~.
..~~†^¤¤##                                          ##¤¤^†~~..
...~~†^¤¤#      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.              ¤¤^†~~....
...~~†^¤¤#                                          #¤¤^†~~...
..~~†^¤¤##   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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