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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.                  ##£&^†=^..
...^=†^&£#                                          #£&^†=^...
....^=†^&£     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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