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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.     ..........
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..........             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.              ..........
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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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