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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 ....--^§@#
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#@#@§^--.. STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ..--^§@#@#
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#@#@§^--.. IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING ..--^§@#@#
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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 ....--^§@#
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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 / ....--^§@#
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#@§^--.... AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ....--^§@#
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#@#@§^--.. 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 ..--^§@#@#
@#@§^--... CURFEW SIRENS. ...--^§@#@
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#@§^--.... ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ....--^§@#
@#@§^--... WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ...--^§@#@
#@#@§^--.. TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ..--^§@#@#
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#@#@§^--.. RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ..--^§@#@#
@#@§^--... WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ...--^§@#@
#@§^--.... ....--^§@#
@§^--..... OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD .....--^§@
#@§^--.... THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ....--^§@#
@#@§^--... CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ...--^§@#@
#@#@§^--.. THEIR BELONGINGS. ..--^§@#@#
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