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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. ¤¤£**~~,,,
,,,,~**££¤ ¤££**~,,,,
,:~**£¤#@# 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 #@#¤£**~:,
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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. #@#¤£**~:,
,:~**£¤#@@ @@#¤£**~:,
,,,,:*££¤# 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... #£*~:,,,,,
,:~**£¤#@# #@#¤£**~:,
,,,,:~~**¤ 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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