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,,,,--/%%& ###- -### &%%/--,,,,
,,,--/%%&£ # # £&%%/--,,,
,,--/%%&£# # tele migraine # #£&%%/--,,
,--/%%&£## # # ##£&%%/--,
,,--/%%&£# ###- -### #£&%%/--,,
,,,--/%%&£ £&%%/--,,,
,,,,--/%%& 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 &%%/--,,,,
,,,,,--/%% %%/--,,,,,
,,,,,,--/% ###- -### %/--,,,,,,
,,,,,--/%% %%/--,,,,,
,,,,--/%%& 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.... #£&%%/--,,
,--/%%&£## ##£&%%/--,
,,--/%%&£# ###- -### #£&%%/--,,
,,,--/%%&£ £&%%/--,,,
,,,,--/%%& 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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