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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. ##¤&::~~^.
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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. ###¤&§:~^.
.^~:§&¤### ###¤&§:~^.
.^~:§&¤### 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.... ###¤&§:~^.
.^~:§&¤### ###¤&§:~^.
..^~~::§§¤ ###~ ~### ¤§§::~~^..
..^^::&&¤# #¤&&::^^..
.^^~~§&¤¤¤ 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... #¤§~......
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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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