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¨¨:~=^@@## # TELE MIGRAINE # ##@@^=~:¨¨
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¨¨:~=^@@## ###~ ~### ##@@^=~:¨¨
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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. ###@@^=~:¨
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¨:~=^@@### IT'S RAINING SAP. ###@@^=~:¨
¨¨:~=^@@## WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET ##@@^=~:¨¨
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¨¨:~=^@@## ###~ ~### ##@@^=~:¨¨
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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. ##@@^=~:¨¨
¨:~=^@@### ###@@^=~:¨
¨¨:~=^@@## 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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¨¨:~=^@@## ###~ ~### ##@@^=~:¨¨
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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... ###@@^=~:¨
¨¨:~=^@@## ##@@^=~:¨¨
¨:~=^@@### 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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