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#@¶¤%*;=,, LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ,,=;*%¤¶@#
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#@¶¤%*;=,, THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ,,=;*%¤¶@#
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¤*=,,,,,,, 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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@¤¤%;=,,,, 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, ,,=;*%¤¶@#
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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 ,,,,,;*¤¶@
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¶¶¤*=,,,,, 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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#@¶¤%*;=,, THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ,,=;*%¤¶@#
#@¶¤%*;=,, CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ,,=;*%¤¶@#
¤*=,,,,,,, THEIR BELONGINGS. ,,,,,,,=*¤
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