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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   #¤¤§§===~,
,~=†§$¤#@#    THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF.   #@#¤$§†=~,
,~=†§$#@##                                          ##@#$§†=~,
,~=†$¤#@##  LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,#†=== - ##@#¤$†=~,
,,,,,=†§$¤   SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP    ¤$§†=,,,,,
,~=†§$¤#@#   DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND /   #@#¤$§†=~,
,,,,~=†$##   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   ##$†=~,,,,
,~=†††$¤¤#   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   #¤¤$†††=~,
,~=†§$$¤¤@            MEMORY NEGATIVES,             @¤¤$$§†=~,
,~=†§$¤###         LIKE UPROCESSED FILM....         ###¤$§†=~,
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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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