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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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