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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. .....,«;^%
@%^;«,.... ....,«;^%@
#@%^;«,... 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... ..,«;^%@##
#@%^;«,... ...,«;^%@#
@%^;«,.... 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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