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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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##@§£%/~:,    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  ,:~/%£§@##
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###§£%/~:,   EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL  ,:~/%£§###
##@§£%/~:,    OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET.     ,:~/%£§@##
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##@§£%/~:,            IT'S RAINING SAP.             ,:~/%£§@##
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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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§%%///~~:,   SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP    ,:~~///%%§
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##@§£%/~:,   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   ,:~/%£§@##
@£/~,,,,,,   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   ,,,,,,~/£@
##@§£%/~:,             MEMORY NEGATIVES,            ,:~/%£§@##
@@@§£%/~:,         LIKE UPROCESSED FILM....         ,:~/%£§@@@
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#§%%%~,,,,  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  ,:~/%£§§§#
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