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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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