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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 ####@*:»:¨
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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. ####@*:»:¨
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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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¨:»:*##### 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 #@@@@*:»:¨
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¨¨::::@@## THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ##@@::::¨¨
¨:»:*@#### CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ####@*:»:¨
¨:»:*@#### SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ####@*:»:¨
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¨:»:*@#### 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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¨¨:»:****# CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET #****:»:¨¨
¨:»:*@#### THEIR BELONGINGS. ####@*:»:¨
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