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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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,,,,,,,,,^             ###~         ~###            ^,,,,,,,,,
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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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