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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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@@@@%*^«-, 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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