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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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