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§%=*-:,,,, # TELE MIGRAINE # ,,,,:-*=%§
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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. ,,,:-*=%§@
§%=*-:,,,, ,,,,:-*=%§
%=*-:,,,,, 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. ,,,,:-*=%§
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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. ,:-*=%§@##
#@§%=*-:,, ,,:-*=%§@#
@§%=*-:,,, 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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