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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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