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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. ¨.«////&@@
#&/«¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨«/&#
#@@#&%/«.¨ 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. ¨..«//&&@@
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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. ¨.«/%&#@##
@###&%/«.¨ ¨.«/%&###@
#%%//«««.¨ 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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