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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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¨¨¨¨,^@& #&&@^,¨¨¨¨
¨,»^§@@# 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. ##&&@§^»,¨
¨,»^§@@# #@#&@§^»,¨
¨¨¨¨,,^@ IT'S RAINING SAP. #&@^,,¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,»^§@@@ 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 #@#&@§^»,¨
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¨,»^§@@# 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... @#@^,,¨¨¨¨
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¨,»^§@@# OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD #@#&@§^»,¨
¨,»^§@## THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ###&@§^»,¨
¨,»^§@@# CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET #@#&@§^»,¨
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