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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. =:,,,,,,,,
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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. =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=% %=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=%* 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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... ##@*%=:,,,
,,:=%*@### ###@*%=:,,
,:=%*@#### 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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