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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. .....:~^%*
#*%^~:.... ....:~^%*#
@#*%^~:... 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.... ..:~^%*#@#
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#@#*%^~:.. ###~ ~### ..:~^%*#@#
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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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