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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.        .^«=*%&@##
#@@&%*=«^.                                          .^«=*%&@@#
##@&%*=«^.  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...  .^«=*%&@##
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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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