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##¶&*%*~.¨ 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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##¶&*%*~.¨ 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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##¶&*%*~.¨ 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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##¶&*%*~.¨ THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ¨.~*%*&¶##
#&&***.¨¨¨ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ¨¨¨.***&&#
###¶*%*~.¨ THEIR BELONGINGS. ¨.~*%*¶###
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