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,.~/$§@@##            # TELE MIGRAINE #             ##@@§$/~.,
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,.~/$§@¶@#             ###~         ~###            #@¶@§$/~.,
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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... ##@¶@§/~.,
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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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