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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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