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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.... @&&%=,,,,,
,.=^%&@### ###@&%^=.,
,.====%%&@ ###= =### @&%%====.,
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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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