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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        ##§&††~^..
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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....         ###§&*†~^.
.^^^^^†&##                                          ##&†^^^^^.
.^~†*&§###             ###~         ~###            ###§&*†~^.
.^~†*&§###                                          ###§&*†~^.
......^†&§ 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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