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,:-†**¤£@# #@£¤**†-:,
,:-†**¤@## ##@¤**†-:,
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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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