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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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