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,.-**%##@# ###- -### #@##%**-.,
,,,,,.***# # # #***.,,,,,
,.-**%##@# # TELE MIGRAINE # #@##%**-.,
,.-**%##@# # # #@##%**-.,
,.-**%#### ###- -### ####%**-.,
,.---***## ##***---.,
,.-**%##@# 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. #@##%**-.,
,,,,-*%##@ @##%*-,,,,
,,.-*****# IT'S RAINING SAP. #*****-.,,
,.-**%##@@ WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET @@##%**-.,
,,,,-***%# #%***-,,,,
,.-**%##@# ###- -### #@##%**-.,
,,,,,-*%## ##%*-,,,,,
,.-**%##@# 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. ##@#%**-.,
,,,,,,.-*# #*-.,,,,,,
,.---**%## 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.... @###%**-.,
,.-**%##@# #@##%**-.,
,.-**%##@# ###- -### #@##%**-.,
,,,.--*### ###*--.,,,
,.-**%##@# 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. ###*-,,,,,
,.-*%##@## ##@##%*-.,
,,,,,,-*#@ 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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