,^-:§%#### ####%§:-^,
,,^-:§%### ###%§:-^,,
,,,^-:§%## ##%§:-^,,,
,,,,^-:§%# #%§:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:§% %§:-^,,,,,
,,,,^-:§%# ###- -### #%§:-^,,,,
,,,^-:§%## # # ##%§:-^,,,
,,^-:§%### # 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. ###%§:-^,,
,^-:§%#### ####%§:-^,
,,^-:§%### ###%§:-^,,
,,,^-:§%## ##%§:-^,,,
,,,,^-:§%# #%§:-^,,,,
,,,,,^-:§% %§:-^,,,,,