,,,,~~**## ##**~~,,,,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,
,,,,,~^*## ##*^~,,,,,
~~^**##### #####**^~~
,~~^**#### ###~ ~### ####**^~~,
,~~~~^**## # # ##**^~~~~,
,,,,~~~^*# # 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. ####**^~~,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,
,,,,,~^*## ##*^~,,,,,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,
,~~^**#### ####**^~~,