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,,,,:«\*$£ £$*\«:,,,,
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,,,,,,,:«\ # # \«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« # TELE MIGRAINE # «:,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:« ###« «### «:,,,,,,,,
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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. $*\«:,,,,,
,,,,:«\*$£ £$*\«:,,,,
,,,:«\*$£# 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 $*\«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«\* THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN *\«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«\ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET \«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« THEIR BELONGINGS. «:,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,:«\* *\«:,,,,,,
,,,,,:«\*$ $*\«:,,,,,