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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. ¨:~=%*@###
@%~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~%@
###@*%=~:¨ 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. :~=%*@####
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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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