,,~†%*§### ###§*%†~,,
,,~†%*§### ###§*%†~,,
,,,,,~~~%§ §%~~~,,,,,
,,~†%*§### ###§*%†~,,
,,,,~†%%§# #§%%†~,,,,
,,~†%*§§§§ ###~ ~### §§§§*%†~,,
,,,,,~%*§# # # #§*%~,,,,,
,,,,,~††*# # 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. §****%†~,,
,,,,†%%§## ##§%%†,,,,
,,~†%*§§§# #§§§*%†~,,
,,,~~~†%§§ §§%†~~~,,,
,,~†%*§### ###§*%†~,,
,,~†%*§### ###§*%†~,,