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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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