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##@§£^†»-,   HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS    ,-»†^£§@##
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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.    ,-»†^£§@@@
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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   ,,,,-»»^£§
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##@§£^†»-,   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  ,-»††††£@#
§£^^»-,,,,    IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW    ,,,,-»^^£§
##@§£^†»-,    MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE   ,-»†^£§@##
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##@§£^†»-,     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  ,,,,-»»^§§
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##@§£^†»-, BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME  ,-»†^£§@##
@§£†»»-,,,   RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE   ,,,-»»†£§@
#@@§£^†»-, WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS...  ,-»†^£§@@#
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##@§£^†»-,             THEIR BELONGINGS.            ,-»†^£§@##
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