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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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##@#$%*»-, MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ,-»*%$#@##
##@#$%*»-, GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ,-»*%$#@##
#%*»,,,,,, 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 ,,,-*%$$##
@$*-,,,,,, LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ,,,,,,-*$@
@$%%%%*»-, THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ,-»*%%%%$@
@$*-,,,,,, CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ,,,,,,-*$@
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#%»,,,,,,, ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ,,,,,,,»%#
#%**---,,, WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ,,,---**%#
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##@#$%*»-, BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ,-»*%$#@##
@$*»-,,,,, RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ,,,,,-»*$@
@###$%*»-, WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ,-»*%$###@
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##@#$%*»-, THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ,-»*%$#@##
##@#$%*»-, CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ,-»*%$#@##
##@#$%*»-, THEIR BELONGINGS. ,-»*%$#@##
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