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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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