,.-/*§&¶@# #@¶&§*/-.,
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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. @¶&§*/-.,,
,,,.-/*§&¶ ¶&§*/-.,,,
,,,,.-/*§& 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. @¶&§*/-.,,
,.-/*§&¶@# #@¶&§*/-.,
,,.-/*§&¶@ 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... /-.,,,,,,,
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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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