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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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