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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 ,,,,,,,:=\
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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 ,,,,,,,,:=
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####£*\=:, 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 ,,,,,,,:=\
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=:,,,,,,,, AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ,,,,,,,,:=
\=:,,,,,,, MEMORY NEGATIVES, ,,,,,,,:=\
*\=:,,,,,, LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ,,,,,,:=\*
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####£*\=:, 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 ,,,,:=\*£#
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*\=:,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,:=\*£
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##£*\=:,,, WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ,,,:=\*£##
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##£*\=:,,, CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ,,,:=\*£##
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