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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.        #@££^:-^..
.^-:^££@##                                          ##@££^:-^.
..^-:^££@#  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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......^-:^   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.              :-^.......
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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...  @££^:-^...
....^-:^££                                          ££^:-^....
.....^-:^£   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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