¨,=*%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%*=,¨
¨,=*%¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤%*=,¨
¨¨¨=**¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤**=¨¨¨
¨,=*%¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤%*=,¨
¨¨¨¨,==*%¤ ¤%*==,¨¨¨¨
¨,=*%¤¤¶¶# ###= =### #¶¶¤¤%*=,¨
¨,=*%¤¤¶## # # ##¶¤¤%*=,¨
¨,=*%¤¤¶## # 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. ##¶¤¤%*=,¨
¨¨¨,===%%¤ ¤%%===,¨¨¨
¨,=*%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%*=,¨
,=*%¤¤¶### ###¶¤¤%*=,
¨,=***%%¤¤ ¤¤%%***=,¨
¨,=*%¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤%*=,¨