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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 .^-*†§§###
§§§§§†*-^. .^-*†§§§§§
@§§§†--... ###- -### ...--†§§§@
##§§§†*-^. .^-*†§§§##
#@#§§†*-^. 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. ..^--††§##
#@#§§†*-^. .^-*†§§#@#
#@#§§†*-^. 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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