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,^»**$@¶¶# # # #¶¶@$**»^,
,,,,»*$@@# # TELE MIGRAINE # #@@$*»,,,,
,,,^»*$@@@ # # @@@$*»^,,,
,^»***$$@@ ###» »### @@$$***»^,
,,,,,»**@# #@**»,,,,,
,^»**$@¶## THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S ##¶@$**»^,
,^»**$@¶## LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ##¶@$**»^,
,,,,,^»**@ 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 ###¶@**»^,
,^»»**$$@¶ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¶@$$**»»^,
,,^^»»**$¶ LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ¶$**»»^^,,
,,,,^^*$@¶ ¶@$*^^,,,,
,^»**$@¶## ###» »### ##¶@$**»^,
,^»**$@¶## ##¶@$**»^,
,,,^»****@ 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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