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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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