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...,«;†$¤#             # TELE MIGRAINE #            #¤$†;«,...
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...,«;†$¤#             ###«         «###            #¤$†;«,...
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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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...,«;†$¤#             ###«         «###            #¤$†;«,...
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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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...,«;†$¤#             ###«         «###            #¤$†;«,...
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...,«;†$¤#  WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP #¤$†;«,...
..,«;†$¤#@    IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW    @#¤$†;«,..
.,«;†$¤#@#    MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE   #@#¤$†;«,.
..,«;†$¤#@  LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH @#¤$†;«,..
...,«;†$¤#     THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL      #¤$†;«,...
....,«;†$¤    CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC    ¤$†;«,....
...,«;†$¤#       SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE      #¤$†;«,...
..,«;†$¤#@              CURFEW SIRENS.              @#¤$†;«,..
.,«;†$¤#@#                                          #@#¤$†;«,.
..,«;†$¤#@   WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING   @#¤$†;«,..
...,«;†$¤#     ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS,     #¤$†;«,...
....,«;†$¤  WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING  ¤$†;«,....
...,«;†$¤#  TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON #¤$†;«,...
..,«;†$¤#@  BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME @#¤$†;«,..
.,«;†$¤#@#   RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE   #@#¤$†;«,.
..,«;†$¤#@ WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS...  @#¤$†;«,..
...,«;†$¤#                                          #¤$†;«,...
....,«;†$¤  OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD   ¤$†;«,....
...,«;†$¤#    THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN   #¤$†;«,...
..,«;†$¤#@  CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET  @#¤$†;«,..
.,«;†$¤#@#            THEIR BELONGINGS.             #@#¤$†;«,.
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