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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†%
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#¤$%†-,¨¨¨ IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING ¨¨¨,-†%$¤#
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##¤$%†-,¨¨ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ¨¨,-†%$¤##
#¤$%†-,¨¨¨ COSMOS. ¨¨¨,-†%$¤#
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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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##¤$%†-,¨¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨¨,-†%$¤##
#¤$%†-,¨¨¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨¨¨,-†%$¤#
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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... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†
%†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†%
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#¤$%†-,¨¨¨ THEIR BELONGINGS. ¨¨¨,-†%$¤#
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