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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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