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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.        ,,#,,,,,#,
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#,##,,,,#,   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.     ,,#,,,,,,#
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,#,##,,#,,             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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,,#,##,,,#  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...  #,,,,,###,
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#,,,,,,#,#   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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