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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. ,,,,.~~**@
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##@#*%*~., 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. ,.~*%*#@##
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#%*~.,,,,, 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. ,.~*%*#@##
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##@#*%*~., 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. ,,,,,~~**@
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####*%*~., 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... ,.~*%*#@##
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##@#*%*~., 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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