,,^~†&§£@#                                          #@£§&†~^,,
,,,^~†&§£@                                          @£§&†~^,,,
,,^~†&§£@#                                          #@£§&†~^,,
,^~†&§£@##                                          ##@£§&†~^,
,,^~†&§£@#                                          #@£§&†~^,,
,,,^~†&§£@            ###~         ~###             @£§&†~^,,,
,,^~†&§£@#             #               #            #@£§&†~^,,
,^~†&§£@##            # 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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,,^~†&§£@#                                          #@£§&†~^,,