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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. ....,-=^¤¤
@¤¤^=-,... ...,-=^¤¤@
#@¤¤^=-,.. 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. .....,-=^¤
¤¤^=-,.... ....,-=^¤¤
@¤¤^=-,... 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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