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.,-;*%§¶##             # TELE MIGRAINE #            ##¶§%*;-,.
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.,-;*%¶###   THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S   ###¶%*;-,.
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.,-;*%§§§#     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   ##¶§%*;-,.
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.,-;*%§¶##         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    ###§%*;-,.
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.,-;*%¶###              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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.,-;*%§¶##   THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN    ##¶§%*;-,.
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