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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. .~~=\\=§@@
##@§@=\=~. .~=\=@§@##
##@§@=\=~. 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. .~=\=@§§§@
§=\~...... ......~\=§
@@\=...... 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 .~=\=@§@##
##@§@=\=~. 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... .~=\===§@#
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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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