,,,-~^=$£# #£$=^~-,,,
,,,,-~^=$£ £$=^~-,,,,
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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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