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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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§%%%:~~,,, 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 ,~~~~~%%§@
§§%%%%:~~, 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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@@§§*%:~~, 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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