..,~^*%¤¶# #¶¤%*^~,..
...,~^*%¤¶ ¶¤%*^~,...
....,~^*%¤ ¤%*^~,....
.....,~^*% %*^~,.....
......,~^* *^~,......
.....,~^*% ###~ ~### %*^~,.....
....,~^*%¤ # # ¤%*^~,....
...,~^*%¤¶ # 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. ¶¤%*^~,...
....,~^*%¤ ¤%*^~,....
.....,~^*% %*^~,.....
......,~^* *^~,......
.....,~^*% %*^~,.....
....,~^*%¤ ¤%*^~,....