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¨:~;%%%§@@            ###~         ~###             @@§%%%;~:¨
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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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