,,~†=%&### ###&%=†~,,
,,,~†=%&## ##&%=†~,,,
,,,,~†=%&# #&%=†~,,,,
,,,,,~†=%& &%=†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†=% %=†~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~†= ###~ ~### =†~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~† # # †~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~†= # 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. ##&%=†~,,,
,,~†=%&### ###&%=†~,,
,,,~†=%&## ##&%=†~,,,
,,,,~†=%&# #&%=†~,,,,
,,,,,~†=%& &%=†~,,,,,
,,,,,,~†=% %=†~,,,,,,