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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. *†-~......
.....~-†*@ @*†-~.....
....~-†*@£ 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. ##£@*†-~..
.~-†*@£### ###£@*†-~.
..~-†*@£## 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. #£@*†-~...
..~-†*@£## ##£@*†-~..
.~-†*@£### 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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