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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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