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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. #¤%%=»»,,,
,:»=%$¤¤## ##¤¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$$$$# ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, #$$$$%=»:,
,,:»»=%¤¤¤ EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL ¤¤¤%=»»:,,
,:»=%$¤### OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. ###¤$%=»:,
,,:»»»%$$¤ ¤$$%»»»:,,
,:»=%$¤### IT'S RAINING SAP. ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET ###¤$%=»:,
,,,,,,,»%¤ ¤%»,,,,,,,
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,:»=%$¤### ###¤$%=»:,
,,,::=$$## MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ##$$=::,,,
,:»=%$¤### GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ###¤$%=»:,
,:»%$¤#### ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ####¤$%»:,
,:»=%$¤### BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$#### THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ####$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### ###¤$%=»:,
,:»%$¤#### LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,#=»»» - ####¤$%»:,
,:»=%$¤### SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ###¤$%=»:,
,,::»=%¤## DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ##¤%=»::,,
,:»=%$¤### FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤¤## AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ##¤¤$%=»:,
,,:::==%%¤ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¤%%==:::,,
,:»=%$¤### LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$$$## ###» »### ##$$$%=»:,
,,::»»=$$# #$$=»»::,,
,:»=%$¤### WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ###¤$%=»:,
,,,,,,:=%¤ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ¤%=:,,,,,,
,:»=%$¤### MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤¤## LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ##¤¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ###¤$%=»:,
,:»=%$¤### SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ###¤$%=»:,
,,,::==%¤# CURFEW SIRENS. #¤%==::,,,
,:»=%$¤### ###¤$%=»:,
,,,,,,»%$¤ WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING ¤$%»,,,,,,
,,,,»»%$$# 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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,,,,:»%¤¤# #¤¤%»:,,,,
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