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¨~=*$§&###  LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###    HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§§&##     THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL     ##&§§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$§&###                                          ###&§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$$$&&#      THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES.     #&&$$$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###   SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE.   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§§&&# BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL  #&&§§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###      ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN,     ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###   EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL  ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###     OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET.    ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###                                          ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###             IT'S RAINING SAP.            ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=***§§&#        WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET       #&§§***=~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨=$§&#                                          #&§$=¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=*$§&###   MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###   GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE   ###&§$*=~¨
¨¨¨~=$§§&&  ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE  &&§§$=~¨¨¨
¨~=*$§&###   BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID  ###&§$*=~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨==$&                                          &$==¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~=*$§&###   DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND /   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###   FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE)   ###&§$*=~¨
¨¨¨¨~=$&&&   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   &&&$=~¨¨¨¨
¨~=*$§&###             MEMORY NEGATIVES,            ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###         LIKE UPROCESSED FILM....         ###&§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$§&###                                          ###&§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$§&###   MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE    ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$$$$&& LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH  &&$$$$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###      THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL     ###&§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$§&###      SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE       ###&§$*=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*§&#              CURFEW SIRENS.              #&§*~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~=*$§&###   WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###     ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS,     ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§§§§&  WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING  &§§§§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&### TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON  ###&§$*=~¨
¨¨¨¨~=*$&& BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME  &&$*=~¨¨¨¨
¨~=*$§&###   RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE   ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###  WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###                                          ###&§$*=~¨
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¨~=*$§&###  CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET  ###&§$*=~¨
¨~=*$§&###             THEIR BELONGINGS.            ###&§$*=~¨
¨¨¨~=*$$$&                                          &$$$*=~¨¨¨
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