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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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