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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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,##,##,###   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  ,,,#,#,,,,
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