,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ ###= =### $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ # # §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# # TELE MIGRAINE # #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## # # ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### ###= =### ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ COSMOS. $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ IT'S RAINING SAP. §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### ###= =### ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,#:=== - ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ MEMORY NEGATIVES, §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### ###= =### ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## CURFEW SIRENS. ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,,,=:$$ THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN $$:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET §$$:=,,,,,
,,,,=:$$§# THEIR BELONGINGS. #§$$:=,,,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,=:$$§### ###§$$:=,,
,,,=:$$§## ##§$$:=,,,
,,,,=:$$§# #§$$:=,,,,
,,,,,=:$$§ §$$:=,,,,,