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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        ###¶@$†;,.
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...,;†$@¶#             ###-         -###            #¶@$†;,...
....,;†$@¶                                          ¶@$†;,....
.....,;†$@   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....         @$†;,.....
....,;†$@¶                                          ¶@$†;,....
...,;†$@¶#            ###-         -###             #¶@$†;,...
..,;†$@¶##                                          ##¶@$†;,..
.,;†$@¶###  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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