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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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