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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 ¨¨¨,~\$$$@
##@#$%\~,¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨,~\%$#@##
#%~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~%#
@@@#$%\~,¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨,~\%$#@@@
##@#$%\~,¨ ¨,~\%$#@##
#@#%~¨¨¨¨¨ LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF¨@\~~~ - ¨¨¨¨¨~%#@#
####$%\~,¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨,~\%$####
##@#$%\~,¨ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¨,~\%$#@##
@$\\~,¨¨¨¨ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ¨¨¨¨,~\\$@
#@##$%\~,¨ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ¨,~\%$##@#
##@#$%\~,¨ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¨,~\%$#@##
#@$%~,,,,¨ LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ¨,,,,~%$@#
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#@$%\,¨¨¨¨ ###~ ~### ¨¨¨¨,\%$@#
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##%~~~¨¨¨¨ WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ¨¨¨¨~~~%##
##@#$%\~,¨ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ¨,~\%$#@##
@@@#$%\~,¨ MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ¨,~\%$#@@@
#%\\,,¨¨¨¨ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ¨¨¨¨,,\\%#
##@#$%\~,¨ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ¨,~\%$#@##
@@$%\~,,¨¨ CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ¨¨,,~\%$@@
#@$$$%\~,¨ 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... ¨¨¨¨¨~%$##
##@#$%\~,¨ ¨,~\%$#@##
@@@#$%\~,¨ 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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