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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. ,:-^%*@£##
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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... ,:-^%*@£##
£**%-,,,,, ,,,,,-%**£
##£@*%^-:, 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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