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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, ........,-
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*=-,...... COSMOS. ......,-=*
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§&*=-,.... 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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&*=-,..... 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. ..,-=*&§##
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##§&*=-,.. LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF.£=--- - ..,-=*&§##
#§&*=-,... SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ...,-=*&§#
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&*=-,..... FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) .....,-=*&
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=-,....... MEMORY NEGATIVES, .......,-=
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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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*=-,...... 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... ...,-=*&§#
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##§&*=-,.. THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ..,-=*&§##
#§&*=-,... CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ...,-=*&§#
§&*=-,.... THEIR BELONGINGS. ....,-=*&§
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