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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. @@¶&§%\~^,
,^~\%§§&¶¶ ¶¶&§§%\~^,
,^~\%§&¶@# #@¶&§%\~^,
,^~\%§&¶@# #@¶&§%\~^,
,,,,,^^\%& &%\^^,,,,,
,^~\%§&¶@@ @@¶&§%\~^,