,,~*$§¤@@@ @@@¤§$*~,,
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,,,~*$§§¤@ @¤§§$*~,,,
,,~*$§¤@## ##@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# ###~ ~### #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ # # @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~~~$$$§@ # TELE MIGRAINE # @§$$$~~~,,
,,~*§¤@@## # # ##@@¤§*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# ###~ ~### #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,~$¤@ @¤$~,,,,,,
,,*$§¤@@## THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S ##@@¤§$*,,
,,,,,*$§¤@ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT @¤§$*,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ¤$~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$¤@ @¤$~,,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,~$§§@ SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, @§§$~,,,,,
,,,~~~$¤@@ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE @@¤$~~~,,,
,,,,,*§¤¤@ COSMOS. @¤¤§*,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@## ##@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$¤@@## SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ##@@¤$*~,,
,,,,~~~*§¤ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ¤§*~~~,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,~$$¤ ¤$$~,,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ IT'S RAINING SAP. @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,~**§¤ ¤§**~,,,,,
,,,,,,~$§@ ###~ ~### @§$~,,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO ¤$~,,,,,,,
,,,~~**$¤¤ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¤¤$**~~,,,
,,,,~*§§¤¤ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¤¤§§*~,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,,*$¤ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¤$*,,,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,@*~~~ - #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,~$$¤¤ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / ¤¤$$~,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# MEMORY NEGATIVES, #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,*§@@ LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... @@§*,,,,,,
,,,,,~~$¤¤ ¤¤$~~,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# ###~ ~### #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ @@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,,,*§¤@ WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP @¤§*,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$§¤ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ¤§$~,,,,,,
,,~*$¤@@## MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ##@@¤$*~,,
,,~*$§¤¤¤@ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH @¤¤¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@## THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ##@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$$$$§@ SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE @§$$$$*~,,
,,,~~~$§¤@ CURFEW SIRENS. @¤§$~~~,,,
,,,,,*$¤¤@ @¤¤$*,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,~$$§§@ ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, @§§$$~,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@# TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON #@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§¤@@@ BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME @@@¤§$*~,,
,,~*$§§¤@@ RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE @@¤§§$*~,,
,,,,,~*§¤¤ WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ¤¤§*~,,,,,
,,,,,**$§@ @§$**,,,,,
,,,,,,*§@@ OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD @@§*,,,,,,
,,~*$§¤@@# THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN #@@¤§$*~,,
,,,,~$§§¤@ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET @¤§§$~,,,,
,,,,,,,*$¤ THEIR BELONGINGS. ¤$*,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ ¤$~,,,,,,,
,,~*$§@@## ##@@§$*~,,
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,,~*$§§¤¤@ @¤¤§§$*~,,
,,~*$$$§¤@ @¤§$$$*~,,