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,,,,,,,,,^ ###- -### ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- # # -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-\ # tele migraine # \-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-\% # # %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-\%$ ###- -### $%\-^,,,,,
,,,,^-\%$& &$%\-^,,,,
,,,^-\%$&¶ 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 $%\-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-\% you, entering your blood, cracking the %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-\ skull open. a paw grips your brain, \-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- plays with it, pulls it out into the -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ cosmos. ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, there's comets! space oddities. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ burned away by the suns radiation until ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- only the faintest trace remain, -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-\ eventually caught in the gravity well \-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-\% of some second rate water planet. %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-\%$ $%\-^,,,,,
,,,,^-\%$& 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 $%\-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-\% back route up from the beach to avoid %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-\ the crowd. sing a little to myself. \-^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ life gets to prosper outside of,¶\--- - ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, suddenly, an acid flashback: i step ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, down in my mind (like an open mind / ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ and wade in shadows... surrounded by ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- memory negatives, -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-\ like uprocessed film.... \-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-\% %\-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-\%$ ###- -### $%\-^,,,,,
,,,,^-\%$& &$%\-^,,,,
,,,^-\%$&¶ 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. ¶&$%\-^,,,
,,^-\%$&¶@ @¶&$%\-^,,
,^-\%$&¶@# #@¶&$%\-^,
,,^-\%$&¶@ @¶&$%\-^,,
,,,^-\%$&¶ ¶&$%\-^,,,
,,,,^-\%$& &$%\-^,,,,