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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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