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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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