,:-**@@&&¶ ¶&&@@**-:,
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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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