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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  ¨¨¨¨-=§§@@
#§§§§$=«-¨   back route up from the beach to avoid  ¨-«=$§§§§#
#§§§$«¨¨¨¨   the crowd. sing a little to myself.    ¨¨¨¨«$§§§#
##@§§$=«-¨                                          ¨-«=$§§@##
###@§$=«-¨  life gets to prosper outside of¨@=««« - ¨-«=$§@###
@§§§$«««-¨   suddenly, an acid flashback: i step    ¨-«««$§§§@
##@§§$=«-¨   down in my mind (like an open mind /   ¨-«=$§§@##
#@§§$$=«-¨   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   ¨-«=$$§§@#
###§§$=«-¨   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   ¨-«=$§§###
§§§§$==«-¨             memory negatives,            ¨-«==$§§§§
#@§$««¨¨¨¨         like uprocessed film....         ¨¨¨¨««$§@#
##@§§$=«-¨                                          ¨-«=$§§@##
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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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