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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. ###§†-,,,,
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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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,,,-†§#### 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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