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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. ¨:=;*§§###
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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨:;*§
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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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