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....^~%&¶#            #               #             #¶&%~^....
.....^**§¶            # TELE MIGRAINE #             ¶§**^.....
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.^~*%§&###             ###~         ~###            ###&§%*~^.
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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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