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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. ¨,=\§§§@##
#@§§§\=,¨¨ ¨¨,=\§§§@#
@§§§\=,¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨,=\§§§@
#@§§§\=,¨¨ ¨¨,=\§§§@#
##@§§§\=,¨ 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, ¨¨,=\§§§@#
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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 ¨¨,=\§§§@#
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#@§§§\=,¨¨ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ¨¨,=\§§§@#
@§§§\=,¨¨¨ THEIR BELONGINGS. ¨¨¨,=\§§§@
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