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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....         ¨-«:^%§@##
§^«««««-¨¨                                          ¨¨-«««««^§
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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.              ¨-«:^^^^§#
#@%:::«¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨«:::%@#
#§%^«¨¨¨¨¨   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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