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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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