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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. ¨--;§@####
#@@§-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-§@@#
###@#§;--¨ 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.... ¨--;§@####
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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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