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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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##@§%*:~.¨            ###~         ~###             ¨.~:*%§@##
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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...  ¨.~:*%%§@#
#@%**~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~**%@#
###§%*:~.¨   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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