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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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