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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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