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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. #,##,##,#,
#,#,#,#,#, #,,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, #,##,##,#,
#,#,#,#,#, #,,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#, #,##,##,#,
#,#,#,#,#, #,,#,,#,#,