,,:-*$&&@# #@&&$*-:,,
,,,:-*$&&@ @&&$*-:,,,
,,,,:-*$&& &&$*-:,,,,
,,,,,:-*$& &$*-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-*$ $*-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-*$& ###- -### &$*-:,,,,,
,,,,:-*$&& # # &&$*-:,,,,
,,,:-*$&&@ # 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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