,:-*%&¤#@# #@#¤&%*-:,
,,,,:-*&## ##&*-:,,,,
,,,,,,:*&¤ ¤&*:,,,,,,
,:-*%&¤### ###¤&%*-:,
,:-*%&¤### ###¤&%*-:,
,,,,:***%¤ ###- -### ¤%***:,,,,
,:-*%&¤#@@ # # @@#¤&%*-:,
,:-*%&¤¤¤# # 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.... @@#¤&%*-:,
,,,,,,:*%¤ ¤%*:,,,,,,
,:-*%&¤#@# ###- -### #@#¤&%*-:,
,:--*%&¤¤# #¤¤&%*--:,
,:-*%&¤#@# 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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