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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. .,,,,,,,,,
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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 ####¤*/~.,
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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 ##¤*/~.,,,
,,,,.~/*¤# 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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