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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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,^~;†¤@¶##            ###~         ~###             ##¶@¤†;~^,
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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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