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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   $*«^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^«*   down in my mind (like an open mind /   *«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^«   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   «^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             memory negatives,            ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^         like uprocessed film....         ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^«*            ###«         «###             *«^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^«*$                                          $*«^,,,,,,
,,,,,^«*$£ 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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