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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        $:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~:$%                                          %$:~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~:$%@            ###~         ~###             @%$:~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~:$%@£                                          £@%$:~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~:$%@£#   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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