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,###,,,,,,   THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S   ,,,##,#,##
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,,,#,,,,,# BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL  ###,#,##,#
#,,##,,,,#     ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN,      #,,####,##
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,######,,#     OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET.    #,###,,#,#
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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  ,##,###,,,
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,#,,,,##,,   THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF.    ,,##,#,##,
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,,###,#,,,   SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP    #,#,,#,,#,
,,#,,###,,   DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND /   ,###,##,##
#,##,#,,#,   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   ##,,##,##,
###,###,##   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   #,#,#,##,#
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#,,,,,#,,,    IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW    ,#,###,#,#
,#,,,,##,,    MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE   ####,,####
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#,,#,,####      THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL     ,,,,####,,
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#,#,####,#  TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ,##,,#,,,,
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#,,,,#,,#,   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  ,#,,,,###,
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