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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 ¨¨.«:^&&¶#
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#¶&&^:«.¨¨ ###« «### ¨¨.«:^&&¶#
##¶&&^:«.¨ ¨.«:^&&¶##
#¶&&^:«.¨¨ 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.... ¨¨.«:^&&¶#
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#¶&&^:«.¨¨ ###« «### ¨¨.«:^&&¶#
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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. ¨.«:^&&¶##
#¶&&^:«.¨¨ ¨¨.«:^&&¶#
##¶&&^:«.¨ 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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