,~~†*@¤### ###¤@*†~~,
,~~†*@¤### ###¤@*†~~,
,~~~††@@@# #@@@††~~~,
,,,,~~†@@# #@@†~~,,,,
,~~†*@¤### ###¤@*†~~,
,~~†***¤¤¤ ###~ ~### ¤¤¤***†~~,
,~~†*@¤### # # ###¤@*†~~,
,,,,~††**¤ # 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. ¤¤****†~~,
,~~†*@¤### ###¤@*†~~,
,~~†*@#### ####@*†~~,
,,,~~~**@¤ ¤@**~~~,,,
,,,~~~*¤¤# #¤¤*~~~,,,
,~~†*@¤### ###¤@*†~~,