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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.        £=^-^.....
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...^-^=£@¶   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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