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@#$§\=-¨¨¨ # # ¨¨¨-=\§$#@
#@#$§\=-¨¨ # tele migraine # ¨¨-=\§$#@#
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#@#$§\=-¨¨ ###= =### ¨¨-=\§$#@#
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=\§
$§\=-¨¨¨¨¨ solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ¨¨¨¨¨-=\§$
#$§\=-¨¨¨¨ burned away by the suns radiation until ¨¨¨¨-=\§$#
@#$§\=-¨¨¨ only the faintest trace remain, ¨¨¨-=\§$#@
#@#$§\=-¨¨ eventually caught in the gravity well ¨¨-=\§$#@#
##@#$§\=-¨ of some second rate water planet. ¨-=\§$#@##
#@#$§\=-¨¨ ¨¨-=\§$#@#
@#$§\=-¨¨¨ it's raining sap. ¨¨¨-=\§$#@
#$§\=-¨¨¨¨ we're getting sweet and wet ¨¨¨¨-=\§$#
$§\=-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-=\§$
§\=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ###= =### ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=\§
\=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=\
=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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