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