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,,,,-*^$£# # # #£$^*-,,,,
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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. ^*-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-*^$ $^*-,,,,,,
,,,,,-*^$£ 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. $^*-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*^ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ^*-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-* ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, *-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-* IT'S RAINING SAP. *-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*^ WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET ^*-,,,,,,,
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,,,-*^$£## 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... #£$^*-,,,,
,,,-*^$£## ##£$^*-,,,
,,-*^$£### 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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