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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. ,,,-*=*@¶@
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@¶@*=*-,,, 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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@*=*-,,,,, ###- -### ,,,,,-*=*@
*=*-,,,,,, ,,,,,,-*=*
@*=*-,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,-*=*
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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... ,,,,,,-*=*
@*=*-,,,,, ,,,,,-*=*@
¶@*=*-,,,, 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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