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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.   @@¶#%§;«~.
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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.              ¶¶%§««~~..
.....~««§#                                          #§««~.....
.....~;%%#   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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