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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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...:===§##  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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