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,,,^\\^^@# #@^^\\^,,,
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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. @¤^^\\^,,,
,^»\\^^^@# #@^^^\\»^,
,,,,,,^\^@ 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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