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,,,,,,^\&@             ###~         ~###            @&\^,,,,,,
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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....         £&&=~^^^,,
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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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