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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       &†«««-,,,,
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,-«=†@&£@#             ###«         «###            #@£&@†=«-,
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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....         @@£&@†=«-,
,-«=†@&£@#                                          #@£&@†=«-,
,,,,,,-«†&             ###«         «###            &†«-,,,,,,
,-«=†@&£££                                          £££&@†=«-,
,-«=†@@@@£ 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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