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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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.,~†$%¤###                                          ###¤%$†~,.
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.,~†$%¤###                                          ###¤%$†~,.