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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....         ##§*§=~,..
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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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