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,,^~†%$§¶#            ###~         ~###             #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##            #               #             ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#            # TELE MIGRAINE #             #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##            #               #             ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#             ###~         ~###            #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S   #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##  LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS    #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##     THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL     ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#        STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND.        #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING  #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##  YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE  ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN,    #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE   ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#                 COSMOS.                  #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#      THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES.     #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE.   ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶# BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL  #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##     ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN,      ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#  EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL   #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##    OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET.     ##¶§$%†~^,
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,^~†%$§¶##            IT'S RAINING SAP.             ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#       WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET        #¶§$%†~^,,
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,,^~†%$§¶#            ###~         ~###             #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO   #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE   ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#  ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE  #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID  ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF.    #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶# LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,¶†~~~ -  #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP    ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND /   #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   #¶§$%†~^,,
,^~†%$§¶##            MEMORY NEGATIVES,             ##¶§$%†~^,
,,^~†%$§¶#         LIKE UPROCESSED FILM....         #¶§$%†~^,,
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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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