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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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