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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 .^^^;;§%##
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##@#%§;~^. 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, .......~§#
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@###%§;~^. 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 .^~;§%#@@#
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#§§;~~.... MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ....~~;§§#
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##@#%§;~^. THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL .^~;§%#@##
##@#%§;~^. CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC .^~;§%#@##
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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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##@#%§;~^. 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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