,~«**&@@@# #@@@&**«~,
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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. @@&&&**«~,
,~«**&@@@@ @@@@&**«~,
,~«***&&&@ @&&&***«~,
,~«**&@@@# #@@@&**«~,
,~«**&@@@@ @@@@&**«~,
,~«««**&@@ @@&**«««~,