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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. ,,,,,,^~;%
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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... ,,,^~;%*@#
##@*%;~^,, ,,^~;%*@##
###@*%;~^, 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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