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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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,,,,#,,###       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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