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##@&$$:~^¨ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ¨^~:$$&@##
##@&$$:~^¨ HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS ¨^~:$$&@##
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##@&$$:~^¨ SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ¨^~:$$&@##
##@&$$:~^¨ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ¨^~:$$&@##
##@&$$:~^¨ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, ¨^~:$$&@##
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&&$:~^¨¨¨¨ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¨¨¨¨^~:$&&
##@&$$:~^¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨^~:$$&@##
&$$:^^¨¨¨¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨¨¨¨^^:$$&
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#&&&$$:~^¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨^~:$$&&&#
@$$~~~~~^¨ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¨^~~~~~$$@
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##@&$$:~^¨ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¨^~:$$&@##
###@&$:~^¨ LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... ¨^~:$&@###
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###@$$:~^¨ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ¨^~:$$@###
&$$::~~^¨¨ TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ¨¨^~~::$$&
##@&$$:~^¨ BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ¨^~:$$&@##
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