,,,--^%%&@ @&%%^--,,,
,--^%#@# #@##&%^--,
,,-----%#@ @#%-----,,
,--^%@## ##@#&%^--,
,--^%&&& #&&&&%^--,
,--^%@## ###- -### ##@#&%^--,
,--^%@## # # ##@#&%^--,
,,,,--^@ # 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. ##@#&%^--,
,---^^%### ###%^^---,
,,,,--%### ###%--,,,,
,--^%%@# #@#&%%^--,
,,,,-%%##@ @##%%-,,,,
,--^%@## ##@#&%^--,