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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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#¶$*:«:¨¨¨ MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ¨¨¨:«:*$¶#
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$*:«:¨¨¨¨¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨¨¨¨¨:«:*$
*:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:*
:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:
*:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:*
$*:«:¨¨¨¨¨ LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF¨¶:««« - ¨¨¨¨¨:«:*$
¶$*:«:¨¨¨¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨¨¨¨:«:*$¶
#¶$*:«:¨¨¨ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¨¨¨:«:*$¶#
##¶$*:«:¨¨ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ¨¨:«:*$¶##
###¶$*:«:¨ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ¨:«:*$¶###
##¶$*:«:¨¨ MEMORY NEGATIVES, ¨¨:«:*$¶##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:
*:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:*
$*:«:¨¨¨¨¨ RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ¨¨¨¨¨:«:*$
¶$*:«:¨¨¨¨ WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ¨¨¨¨:«:*$¶
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##¶$*:«:¨¨ OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD ¨¨:«:*$¶##
###¶$*:«:¨ THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ¨:«:*$¶###
##¶$*:«:¨¨ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ¨¨:«:*$¶##
#¶$*:«:¨¨¨ THEIR BELONGINGS. ¨¨¨:«:*$¶#
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