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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,            ¨¨¨¨¨-=&&@
@##&$=†-,¨         LIKE UPROCESSED FILM....         ¨,-†=$&##@
&=†††-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-†††=&
#@#&$=†-,¨            ###-         -###             ¨,-†=$&#@#
@#$$$=†-,¨                                          ¨,-†=$$$#@
@&&$$=†-,¨  WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ¨,-†=$$&&@
&=---,¨¨¨¨    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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#@#&$=†-,¨                                          ¨,-†=$&#@#
#@#&$=†-,¨                                          ¨,-†=$&#@#
#@#&$=†-,¨                                          ¨,-†=$&#@#