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,,,~-:%$£@ # # @£$%:-~,,,
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,,,,,~-:%$ # # $%:-~,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~- THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~- IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:% SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, %:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-:%$ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE $%:-~,,,,,
,,,,~-:%$£ COSMOS. £$%:-~,,,,
,,,~-:%$£@ @£$%:-~,,,
,,~-:%$£@# 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. $%:-~,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~-: IT'S RAINING SAP. :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET -~,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID :-~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~-:% THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. %:-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-:%$ $%:-~,,,,,
,,,,~-:%$£ 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.... £$%:-~,,,,
,,,,,~-:%$ $%:-~,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~- WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~- SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE -~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~-: CURFEW SIRENS. :-~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,~-:%$ 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... @£$%:-~,,,
,,,,~-:%$£ £$%:-~,,,,
,,,,,~-:%$ 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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