,,=:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:=,,
,,,,,=%%¤@ @¤%%=,,,,,
,,=:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:=,,
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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. ###¤§%:=,,
,,=:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:=,,
,,,,,,,:§¤ ¤§:,,,,,,,
,,=:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:=,,
,,=:%§¤@## ##@¤§%:=,,
,,,,,,==%¤ ¤%==,,,,,,