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@@,,@,,@,@             ###=         =###            ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,            #               #             ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@             # TELE MIGRAINE #            ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,            #               #             ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@            ###=         =###             ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@   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.        ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@  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.                  ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@     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.     ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,            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.    ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,                                          ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@  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.              ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,   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... ,,@,@,@,@,
@@,,@,,@,@                                          ,@@,@,@,@,
,@,@@,@@,,   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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