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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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,~*=$§£###        WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET       ###£§$=*~,
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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,£*~~~ - #£§=*~~,,,
,,~~*=$$$§   SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP    §$$$=*~~,,
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,,~*=$§£££   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   £££§$=*~,,
,,,,,,*=§£   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    #£§=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=$£      SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE       £$=~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~=§              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   #§==*,,,,,
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,,,,,,*$$§             THEIR BELONGINGS.            §$$*,,,,,,
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