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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.            #§&=\-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-\=&§#@                                          @#§&=\-^¨¨
¨^-\=&§#@#                                          #@#§&=\-^¨
^-\=&§#@##                                          ##@#§&=\-^
¨^-\=&§#@#                                          #@#§&=\-^¨
¨¨^-\=&§#@                                          @#§&=\-^¨¨