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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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.,=†=&@###   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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.,,=††††=@             ###=         =###            @=††††=,,.
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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... #@==,.....
.,=†=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=†=,.
.,=†=&@#@@  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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