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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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.^=\§%§¶##             ###=         =###            ##¶§%§\=^.
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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.    ##¶§%§\=^.
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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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...^^^=\%§             ###=         =###            §%\=^^^...
.^=\§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§\=^.
.^=\§%§¶##  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... §§\\\==...
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.^=\§%§¶##   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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