,:~=†&#@## ##@#&†=~:,
,:~=†&#### ####&†=~:,
,,,,:=&&@# #@&&=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†## ##†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,~†## ##†~,,,,,,
,:~=†&#### ###~ ~### ####&†=~:,
,:~=†&@### # # ###@&†=~:,
,:~=†&#@## # 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. ##@#&†=~:,
,:~=†&#@## ##@#&†=~:,
,:~=†&#@## ##@#&†=~:,
,,,,:=†&@# #@&†=:,,,,
,,::=††&## ##&††=::,,
,:~=†&#@## ##@#&†=~:,