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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       #,,,,,###,
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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  ,,,,,###,,
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