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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. ###@%^/=:¨
¨:=/^%@### ###@%^/=:¨
¨:=/^%@### 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. #@%//:¨¨¨¨
¨:=/%@#### ####@%/=:¨
¨¨¨:/^%%%# 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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