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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 ,.~\%%@###
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#@%%\~.,,, SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, ,,,.~\%%@#
@%%\~.,,,, PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ,,,,.~\%%@
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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 ,,,,,.~\%%
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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 ,,,,,,,,,.
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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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