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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. \=,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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