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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. ¨~«^%*@#@@
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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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#@#@*%^«~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«%@
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##@@*%^«~¨ 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... ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^*@
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#@#@*%^«~¨ 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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