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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. ,,,:::%%##
##@#%%:~:, ,:~:%%#@##
###%::::,, 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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#@@#%%:~:, ###~ ~### ,:~:%%#@@#
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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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##@#%%:~:, 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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