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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 ¤¤†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-^^&&¤ ¤&&^^-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,--†&## ###- -### ##&†--,¨¨¨
¨,-^†&¤### ###¤&†^-,¨
¨,-^†&¤### 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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