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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       ###&@†*«:¨
¨:«*†@&&##                                          ##&&@†*«:¨
¨:«*†@&###             ###«         «###            ###&@†*«:¨
¨:«*@&####                                          ####&@*«:¨
¨:«*†@&###   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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