,,,,~~~/§@                                          @§/~~~,,,,
,,~/§§@###                                          ###@§§/~,,
,,,,,//§§@                                          @§§//,,,,,
,,,~~§§§##                                          ##§§§~~,,,
,,~/§§@#@#                                          #@#@§§/~,,
,,~/§§§@#@             ###~         ~###            @#@§§§/~,,
,,~/§§@#@#             #               #            #@#@§§/~,,
,,~/§§@#@@            # 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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,,~/§§@#@#                                          #@#@§§/~,,
,,,,~/§§@@                                          @@§§/~,,,,