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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. ¨¨.~/*§#
#&§*/~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~/*§
##&§*/~.¨¨ 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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