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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, ...~**@¤##
#@$*~..... EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL .....~*$@#
¤$==~..... OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. .....~==$¤
###¤@$*=~. .~=*$@¤###
###¤@$*=~. IT'S RAINING SAP. .~=*$@¤###
#¤$$$=.... WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET ....=$$$¤#
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##@$$$*=~. ###= =### .~=*$$$@##
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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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##¤$=..... LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF.#*=== - .....=$¤##
###¤@$*=~. SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP .~=*$@¤###
###¤@$*=~. DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / .~=*$@¤###
¤¤¤$$$*=~. FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) .~=*$$$¤¤¤
#¤¤¤@$*=~. AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY .~=*$@¤¤¤#
¤¤@$$==~.. MEMORY NEGATIVES, ..~==$$@¤¤
#¤$$$==... LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ...==$$$¤#
###¤@$*=~. .~=*$@¤###
###¤@$*=~. ###= =### .~=*$@¤###
##@$***=~. .~=***$@##
###¤@$*=~. WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP .~=*$@¤###
####¤@$=~. IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW .~=$@¤####
###¤@$*=~. MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE .~=*$@¤###
#¤@$$=~... LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ...~=$$@¤#
¤@*=...... 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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