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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.    ##£/~~....
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.~/%£§#@##            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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