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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   #,,,,,,,,#
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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   ,,,###,,#,
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#,##,,,,,,         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       ,,###,,#,#
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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  ,###,,,,,,
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