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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.        ###%§†~-..
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..-~†§%###   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.                  ###%§†~-..
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..-~†§%###     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.     ####%§†~-.
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...-~†§%##             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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..-~†§%### 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.              ##%§†~-...
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.-~†§%####   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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