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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. ##@£§=:=,,
,,=:=§§£@@ @@£§§=:=,,
,,=:=§£@## 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 @@@£§=:=,,
,,,,,=:=££ ££=:=,,,,,
,,,,,==§@# ###= =### #@§==,,,,,
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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.... ##@£§=:=,,
,,,,,===£@ @£===,,,,,
,,=:=§£@@@ ###= =### @@@£§=:=,,
,,,,,=:=££ ££=:=,,,,,
,,=:=§£@## 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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