,,,~^%*§¶#                                          #¶§*%^~,,,
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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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