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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        &%*;~.....
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.:~;***%&£            ###~         ~###             £&%***;~:.
.:~;*%&£##                                          ##£&%*;~:.
......~*&&   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....         ##£&%*;~:.
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.....::~*&             ###~         ~###            &*~::.....
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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.              ##£&%*;~:.
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......:;%£   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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