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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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