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