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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, ,,,,,,^=;*
$*;=^,,,,, PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ,,,,,^=;*$
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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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=^,,,,,,,, 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... ,,,,,,,^=;
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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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