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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 ##%%%†*~:¨
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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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