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#§§^^\:... # # ...:\^^§§#
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###§*^\~:. 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.... .:~\^*§###
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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... .:::::\^*#
§*\~...... ......~\*§
###§*^\~:. 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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