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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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#&$$^~.... WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ....~^$$&#
##¶&$^^~-. IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW .-~^^$&¶##
&$$$$^^~-. MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE .-~^^$$$$&
##¶&$^^~-. LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH .-~^^$&¶##
¶¶&&$^^~-. THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL .-~^^$&&¶¶
##¶&$^^~-. CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC .-~^^$&¶##
##¶&$^^~-. SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE .-~^^$&¶##
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#¶&&$^^~-. ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, .-~^^$&&¶#
##¶&$^^~-. WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING .-~^^$&¶##
##¶&$^^~-. TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON .-~^^$&¶##
¶&$^^^^~-. BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME .-~^^^^$&¶
##¶&$^^~-. RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE .-~^^$&¶##
#¶$^~..... WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... .....~^$¶#
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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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