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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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