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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 ,,,,,,,»*@
#@@@$*/»~, CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ,~»/*$@@@#
@*»,,,,,,, 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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