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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. ,,,,,^;%#@
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#@@#%*;«^, 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. ,^«;;*%###
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##@@#%;«^, 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. ,^«;*%###@
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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.... ,^«;*%#@@#
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@#*;«,,,,, 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. ,^«;*%#@@#
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##@#%*;«^, 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... ,^«;*****#
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##@@%*;«^, THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ,^«;*%@@##
##@@%*;«^, CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ,^«;*%@@##
@#**;^,,,, THEIR BELONGINGS. ,,,,^;**#@
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