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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 ,.»*%*##@#
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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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#***..,,,, 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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##@#*%*»., AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ,.»*%*#@##
@#***.,,,, MEMORY NEGATIVES, ,,,,.***#@
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#@##*%*»., 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 ,,.»»»**%#
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#@##*%*»., CURFEW SIRENS. ,.»*%*##@#
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@###*%*»., ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ,.»*%*###@
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#@##*%*»., BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ,.»*%*##@#
#@##*%*»., RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ,.»*%*##@#
##%».,,,,, WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ,,,,,.»%##
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###%»,,,,, CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ,,,,,»%###
#@##*%*»., THEIR BELONGINGS. ,.»*%*##@#
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