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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 ,,,,,,^=:%
§%:=^,,,,, ,,,,,^=:%§
@§%:=^,,,, ###= =### ,,,,^=:%§@
#@§%:=^,,, ,,,^=:%§@#
##@§%:=^,, 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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