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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. ###¤¤*=~-¨
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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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¨-~=*¤¤### ###~ ~### ###¤¤*=~-¨
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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. ¤¤¤*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~=*¤¤### ###¤¤*=~-¨
¨-~====¤¤¤ 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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