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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.        ####§^/~,,
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,,,,~/^§##  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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,,~/^§####             ###~         ~###            ####§^/~,,
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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.   /~,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,  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... #§^/~,,,,,
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,,,~/^§###  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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