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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. §^-~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~- 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. ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~-^ 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. ¤¤§^-~,,,,
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,,,,,,~-^§ 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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,,,,,,,~-^ ^-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~-^§ 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. #¤¤§^-~,,,
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,,,,,~-^§¤ 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... ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ 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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