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###,,###,,             # tele migraine #            ##########
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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.                  ,,##,,,###
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#,,##,,,,,      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.    ####,,,,##
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#,,##,,##, 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.              #########,
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######,,,,   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...  #,,,,####,
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,,,,,#####  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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