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&,&,&&&,,&                                          ,&,,,&&&,&
,&&&&,,&,&                                          ,&&,,&,,&&
&&,,,&,&&&             ###«         «###            &&,&,&&,&,
&,&,,&&&,,             #               #            ,,&&&&,&&&
,&&&,&,,&,            # TELE MIGRAINE #             &,&,,,&&,,
,&,,&&&,&&            #               #             ,&&&,,&,&,
,&&,&,,&&,            ###«         «###             ,&,,&,&&&&
&&,&&&,&,&                                          ,&&,&&&,,,
&,&&,,&&&&   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.     &&&&&,,&,,
&&,&,,,,,,                                          &,,,,&,&&,
&,&&&,,,,,             IT'S RAINING SAP.            &&,,,&&&,&
,&&,,&,,,,       WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET        ,,&,,&,,&&
&&,&,&&,,,                                          &,&&,&&,&,
&,&&&&,&,,            ###«         «###             ,&&,&&,&&&
,&&,,,&&&,                                          &&,&&,&&,,
,&,&,,&,,&   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....         ,&&,&&&,,,
&,&,,,,,&&                                          &&,&&,,&,,
&&&&,,,,&,            ###«         «###             &,&&,&,&&,
&,,,&,,,&&                                          ,&&,&&&&,&
,&,,&&,,&,  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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