#@**\,,,,, ,,,,,\**@#
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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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