,,,,:~;*%§ §%*;~:,,,,
,,,,,:~;*% %*;~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;* *;~:,,,,,,
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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. %*;~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;* *;~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~; 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. ;~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~;* *;~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~;*% %*;~:,,,,,
,,,,:~;*%§ §%*;~:,,,,
,,,:~;*%§# #§%*;~:,,,
,,:~;*%§## ##§%*;~:,,