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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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........^~            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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