,,,:~:%£&# #&£%:~:,,,
,,,,:~:%£& &£%:~:,,,,
,,,,,:~:%£ £%:~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:% %:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~:%£ £%:~:,,,,,
,,,,:~:%£& ###~ ~### &£%:~:,,,,
,,,:~:%£&# # # #&£%:~:,,,
,,:~:%£&## # 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. &£%:~:,,,,
,,,,,:~:%£ £%:~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:% %:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~:%£ £%:~:,,,,,
,,,,:~:%£& &£%:~:,,,,
,,,:~:%£&# #&£%:~:,,,