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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. ##@¤%%;--,
,,--;%%¤@# #@¤%%;--,,
,,,--;%%¤@ 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 @¤%%;--,,,
,,--;%%¤@# #@¤%%;--,,
,--;%%¤@## ###- -### ##@¤%%;--,
,,--;%%¤@# #@¤%%;--,,
,,,--;%%¤@ 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.... %%;--,,,,,
,,,,--;%%¤ ¤%%;--,,,,
,,,--;%%¤@ ###- -### @¤%%;--,,,
,,--;%%¤@# #@¤%%;--,,
,--;%%¤@## 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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