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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
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$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ ###- -### ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
@$*:-^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^-:*$@
#@$*:-^¨¨¨ my lunch break is over and i need to ¨¨¨^-:*$@#
@#@$*:-^¨¨ get back to the shop. lynne is there ¨¨^-:*$@#@
#@#@$*:-^¨ alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the ¨^-:*$@#@#
@#@$*:-^¨¨ back route up from the beach to avoid ¨¨^-:*$@#@
#@$*:-^¨¨¨ the crowd. sing a little to myself. ¨¨¨^-:*$@#
@$*:-^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^-:*$@
$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ life gets to prosper outside of¨#:--- - ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
@$*:-^¨¨¨¨ wormy street wolves outside, chasing ¨¨¨¨^-:*$@
#@$*:-^¨¨¨ entrances in the dark alleyways, ¨¨¨^-:*$@#
@#@$*:-^¨¨ wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing ¨¨^-:*$@#@
#@#@$*:-^¨ to search higher, on roofs, climbing on ¨^-:*$@#@#
@#@$*:-^¨¨ balconies. and there's bound to be some ¨¨^-:*$@#@
#@$*:-^¨¨¨ reckless tourist who didn't heed the ¨¨¨^-:*$@#
@$*:-^¨¨¨¨ warnings, never closed their windows... ¨¨¨¨^-:*$@
$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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