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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.                  ££$%^-^...
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.....^-^%$      THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES.     $%^-^.....
......^-^%   SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE.   %^-^......
.......^-^ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL  ^-^.......
........^-      ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN,     -^........
.........^  EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL   ^.........
..........     OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET.    ..........
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..........             IT'S RAINING SAP.            ..........
..........        WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET       ..........
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.........^   MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO   ^.........
........^-   GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE   -^........
.......^-^  ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE  ^-^.......
......^-^%   BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID  %^-^......
.....^-^%$    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....         $%^-^.....
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.........^ WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP  ^.........
..........    IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW    ..........
..........   MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE    ..........
.......... LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH  ..........
..........      THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL     ..........
..........    CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC    ..........
..........      SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE       ..........
..........              CURFEW SIRENS.              ..........
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........^-   WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING   -^........
.......^-^     ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS,     ^-^.......
......^-^%  WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING  %^-^......
.....^-^%$ 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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