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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       §§=*=.....
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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.    @#§§=*=...
....=*=§§#                                          #§§=*=....
.....=*=§§  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.              #@#§§=*=..
...=*=§§#@                                          @#§§=*=...
....=*=§§#   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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