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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 @@@¤@%^«-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-«%¤@ 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. ¤@%^--¨¨¨¨
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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. #@@¤@%^«-¨
¨¨--«%%@¤@ @¤@%%«--¨¨
¨¨-«^%%¤¤@ 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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