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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 @#&&*%*=,¨
¨,=*%*&#@@ @@#&*%*=,¨
¨,=*%*#@## ###= =### ##@#*%*=,¨
¨,=*%*&#@# #@#&*%*=,¨
¨¨¨¨,***#@ 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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