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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 .^-=*#####
##$$**=-^. there and it's draining the evil .^-=**$$##
####$*=-^. straight out of the wound. .^-=*$####
####$*=-^. .^-=*$####
####$*=-^. it's massaging your temples, piercing .^-=*$####
##$=^^.... you, entering your blood, cracking the ....^^=$##
##****=-^. 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 .^-==*$$##
####$*=-^. get back to the shop. lynne is there .^-=*$####
###$**=-^. alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the .^-=**$###
####$*=-^. back route up from the beach to avoid .^-=*$####
####$*=-^. the crowd. sing a little to myself. .^-=*$####
#**=-..... .....-=**#
###$==^... life gets to prosper outside of.#=--- - ...^==$###
####$*=-^. suddenly, an acid flashback: i step .^-=*$####
###$*=^... down in my mind (like an open mind / ...^=*$###
####$*=-^. fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) .^-=*$####
####$*=-^. and wade in shadows... surrounded by .^-=*$####
#####$*=-^ memory negatives, ^-=*$#####
####$*=-^. like uprocessed film.... .^-=*$####
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####$*=-^. ###- -### .^-=*$####
##**-..... .....-**##
####$*=-^. we're closing for the evening. the shop .^-=*$####
###*=^^... is in the bottom floor of a narrow ...^^=*###
#$=-...... mudbrick building, painted teal. we ......-=$#
#$*=^..... live on the second floor, together with .....^=*$#
#####*=-^. the owner. as i close the metal .^-=*#####
###$*=^... curtain, behind its characteristic ...^=*$###
####$*=-^. sharp rattling i can hear the .^-=*$####
####$*=-^. curfew sirens. .^-=*$####
#$=^^..... .....^^=$#
####$*=-^. wormy street wolves outside, chasing .^-=*$####
#$$=--.... 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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