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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   ^«~.......
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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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