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,,,^»\†$@#                                          #@$†\»^,,,
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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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,,,^»\†$@#                                          #@$†\»^,,,
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