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###&&=^--¨ ###- -### ¨--^=&&###
&&=-----¨¨ ¨¨-----=&&
#&&&&=^--¨ 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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