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.^«/$&@¶@#            # tele migraine #             #@¶@&$/«^.
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...^«/$&@¶            ###«         «###             ¶@&$/«^...
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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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.....^«/$&   my lunch break is over and i need to   &$/«^.....
....^«/$&@   get back to the shop. lynne is there   @&$/«^....
...^«/$&@¶  alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the  ¶@&$/«^...
..^«/$&@¶@  back route up from the beach to avoid   @¶@&$/«^..
.^«/$&@¶@#   the crowd. sing a little to myself.    #@¶@&$/«^.
..^«/$&@¶@                                          @¶@&$/«^..
...^«/$&@¶  life gets to prosper outside of.¶/««« - ¶@&$/«^...
....^«/$&@   suddenly, an acid flashback: i step    @&$/«^....
.....^«/$&   down in my mind (like an open mind /   &$/«^.....
....^«/$&@   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   @&$/«^....
...^«/$&@¶   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   ¶@&$/«^...
..^«/$&@¶@            memory negatives,             @¶@&$/«^..
.^«/$&@¶@#         like uprocessed film....         #@¶@&$/«^.
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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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