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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.        ,,,,,,#,,,
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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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