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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.        £**=-~....
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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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..~-=**£##             ###-         -###            ##£**=-~..
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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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....~-=**£             ###-         -###            £**=-~....
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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  #£**=-~...
..~-=**£##            their belongings.             ##£**=-~..
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