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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... /~.,,,,,,,
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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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