,-=^%$&@@@ @@@&$%^=-,
,-=^%$@@## ##@@$%^=-,
,-=^%$&@## ##@&$%^=-,
,,,,===%&@ @&%===,,,,
,-=^%$&@@# #@@&$%^=-,
,-=^%$&@## ###= =### ##@&$%^=-,
,,,,,,=%&@ # # @&%=,,,,,,
,-=^%$@@## # tele migraine # ##@@$%^=-,
,--==^%$@@ # # @@$%^==--,
,-=^%$&@@@ ###= =### @@@&$%^=-,
,-=^%$&@@# #@@&$%^=-,
,-=^%$&@@@ the so called "third migraine". it's @@@&$%^=-,
,,,---^%$@ like a regular migraine but it does not @$%^---,,,
,,,,-=^$$@ hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is @$$^=-,,,,
,,,-==%%%& 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 &%=------,
,-=^%$&@## the window bolts weakened, and when ##@&$%^=-,
,,,,=^^$@@ cleaning up the aftermath would pocket @@$^^=,,,,
,-=^%$&@@# their belongings. #@@&$%^=-,
,,,,,--=%& &%=--,,,,,
,,,,-=^%&& &&%^=-,,,,
,-=^%$&@@@ @@@&$%^=-,
,-=^%$&@@# #@@&$%^=-,
,,,,,-=%$@ @$%=-,,,,,