,.-^^@§@## ##@§@^^-.,
,.-^^@§@## ##@§@^^-.,
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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. #§@^.,,,,,
,.-^^@§@## ##@§@^^-.,
,,,,,,,-^§ §^-,,,,,,,
,.-^^@§@## ##@§@^^-.,
,.-^^@@@@§ §@@@@^^-.,
,.-^^@§@## ##@§@^^-.,