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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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##@&%††~,, 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. ,,,,,~†%&#
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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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