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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. ¤¤¤**\««,¨
¨,«\**¤### ###¤**\«,¨
¨,«\**¤### 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.... ####¤**\«¨
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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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