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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~%%@@
@@@$^~~:¨¨ STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ¨¨:~~^$@@@
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@@%^::::¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨:^%$$@@
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@@%%^:¨¨¨¨ ###~ ~### ¨¨¨¨:^%%@@
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#@@@$%^~:¨ MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@@$$%^~:¨ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¨:~^%$$@@@
@@@$%~~¨¨¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨¨¨~~%$@@@
#@@@$%^~:¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨:~^%$@@@#
#@@@$%^~:¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨:~^%$@@@#
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@@$%~:¨¨¨¨ LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF¨@^~~~ - ¨¨¨¨:~%$@@
@@@@$%^~:¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨:~^%$@@@@
@%^^:¨¨¨¨¨ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¨¨¨¨¨:^^%@
@@@@$%^~:¨ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ¨:~^%$@@@@
@@%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%@@
@@@@$%^~:¨ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¨:~^%$@@@@
@@$^::¨¨¨¨ LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ¨¨¨¨::^$@@
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#@@@$%^~:¨ ###~ ~### ¨:~^%$@@@#
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@%%~~¨¨¨¨¨ WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ¨¨¨¨¨~~%%@
#@@@$%^~:¨ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ¨:~^%$@@@#
##@@$%^~:¨ MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ¨:~^%$@@##
#@@@$%^~:¨ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@$%%%^~:¨ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ¨:~^%%%$@@
@$%~~¨¨¨¨¨ CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ¨¨¨¨¨~~%$@
#@@@$%^~:¨ SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@$^~¨¨¨¨¨ CURFEW SIRENS. ¨¨¨¨¨~^$@@
##@@$%^~:¨ ¨:~^%$@@##
@$%%^:¨¨¨¨ WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING ¨¨¨¨:^%%$@
@@$^:¨¨¨¨¨ ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ¨¨¨¨¨:^$@@
@%^~~:¨¨¨¨ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ¨¨¨¨:~~^%@
##@@$%^~:¨ TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ¨:~^%$@@##
#@@@$%^~:¨ BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ¨:~^%$@@@#
@@$^~::¨¨¨ RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ¨¨¨::~^$@@
@$$^^:¨¨¨¨ 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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