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¨.~=%%¤@## # # ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨.~=%%¤@## # TELE MIGRAINE # ##@¤%%=~.¨
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¨.~=%%¤@## ###~ ~### ##@¤%%=~.¨
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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 ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨.~=%%¤@## ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨.~=%%¤@## ###~ ~### ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨¨¨.==%%¤@ @¤%%==.¨¨¨
¨¨..==%%%¤ 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.... @¤%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨.~=%%¤@## ##@¤%%=~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=%¤# 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 ##@¤%%=~.¨
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