,,,~^^^%@# #@%^^^~,,,
,,,,,,,~%@ @%~,,,,,,,
,^~^%&@¶## ##¶@&%^~^,
,,,,^^^&&¶ ¶&&^^^,,,,
,^~^%&@¶## ##¶@&%^~^,
,,,,,^~%@¶ ###~ ~### ¶@%~^,,,,,
,,,,,^^%&¶ # # ¶&%^^,,,,,
,,,,^~%&¶# # 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. ##¶@&%^~^,
,^~^%&@¶## ##¶@&%^~^,
,,,,^^~%@¶ ¶@%~^^,,,,
,,,,^^^&@# #@&^^^,,,,
,^~^%&@¶## ##¶@&%^~^,
,^~^%&@### ###@&%^~^,