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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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...~†*&§¶#            ###~         ~###             #¶§&*†~...
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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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