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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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