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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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