,,-=*%#@## ##@#%*=-,,
,-=*%#@### ###@#%*=-,
,,-=*%#@## ##@#%*=-,,
,,,-=*%#@# #@#%*=-,,,
,,,,-=*%#@ @#%*=-,,,,
,,,,,-=*%# ###= =### #%*=-,,,,,
,,,,,,-=*% # # %*=-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-=* # 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. ###@#%*=-,
,,-=*%#@## ##@#%*=-,,
,,,-=*%#@# #@#%*=-,,,
,,,,-=*%#@ @#%*=-,,,,
,,,,,-=*%# #%*=-,,,,,
,,,,,,-=*% %*=-,,,,,,