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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.                  ¶¶¶§¤%†-:.
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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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