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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.                  ,#,,,,,,,,
,,,,,#,,#,                                          ,,#,,,,,,,
,,,,,,#,,#      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.   ,,,,,,#,,,
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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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