,~=/§@#¶@# #@¶#@§/=~,
,~=/§@#¶@@ @@¶#@§/=~,
,,,~~/@##@ @##@/~~,,,
,~=/§@#¶@# #@¶#@§/=~,
,,,,=/§@@# #@@§/=,,,,
,~=/§§@@#@ ###= =### @#@@§§/=~,
,~=/§@#¶¶¶ # # ¶¶¶#@§/=~,
,,,,~=§@#¶ # 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. @@¶#@§/=~,
,~=/§@#¶@# #@¶#@§/=~,
,~=/§@##¶¶ ¶¶##@§/=~,
,~=/§§§§§# #§§§§§/=~,
,~=/§@#¶@# #@¶#@§/=~,
,~=/§@@@#¶ ¶#@@@§/=~,