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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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¨¨.«:=¤@## ###« «### ##@¤=:«.¨¨
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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.... ##@¤=:«.¨¨
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¨¨.«:=¤@## ###« «### ##@¤=:«.¨¨
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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. #@¤=:«.¨¨¨
¨¨.«:=¤@## ##@¤=:«.¨¨
¨.«:=¤@### 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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