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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.                  #¶§&&%\=~.
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...~\\\\&¶     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.     #¶¶§&%\=~.
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.~=\&§¶###            it's raining sap.             ###¶§&\=~.
.~=\&§¶###        we're getting sweet and wet       ###¶§&\=~.
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.~=\%&§¶##            ###=         =###             ##¶§&%\=~.
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.~=\%&§¶##   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....         ##¶§&%\=~.
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.~=\%&§¶##            ###=         =###             ##¶§&%\=~.
..~~=\&&¶¶                                          ¶¶&&\=~~..
..~~~==%%§  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... ###¶§&%=~.
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...~~\\&¶¶   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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