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.^-=§%&£@#             # TELE MIGRAINE #            #@£&%§=-^.
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.^-=§%&&&£  LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT £&&&%§=-^.
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....----§&        STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND.        &§----....
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.^-=§%&£@#   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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.^-=§%&£@#   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    &%%%=^....
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.^^^-=§§&&   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   &&§§=-^^^.
.^-=§%&&&&   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   &&&&%§=-^.
.^^^-§§§%&             MEMORY NEGATIVES,            &%§§§-^^^.
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.^-=§%&&£@    CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC    @£&&%§=-^.
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.^-=§%&£@#              CURFEW SIRENS.              #@£&%§=-^.
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....^^=%&£     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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.^-=§%&£@#  CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET  #@£&%§=-^.
.^-=§%&£@#             THEIR BELONGINGS.            #@£&%§=-^.
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