,:»:†¤§@@# #@@§¤†:»:,
,:»:†¤§@@@ @@@§¤†:»:,
:»:†¤§@@## ##@@§¤†:»:
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,:»:†††¤§@ @§¤†††:»:,
,:»:†¤§§§@ ###» »### @§§§¤†:»:,
,,:»::††¤@ # # @¤††::»:,,
,,,,»»†¤§@ # TELE MIGRAINE # @§¤†»»,,,,
,,,,,,»††§ # # §††»,,,,,,
,:»:†¤§@@# ###» »### #@@§¤†:»:,
,,,,,,»:¤§ §¤:»,,,,,,
,,,,»::††§ 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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,:»:::†¤@@ @@¤†:::»:,