,^-=$¤&&&# #&&&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&### ###&¤$=-^,
,,,,,,^=¤& &¤=^,,,,,,
,^-=$¤&#@# #@#&¤$=-^,
,,,,^=$&&@ @&&$=^,,,,
,^-=$¤&@## ###- -### ##@&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&### # # ###&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@@ # tele migraine # @@#&¤$=-^,
,^-===$$¤& # # &¤$$===-^,
,,,^^-$&#@ ###- -### @#&$-^^,,,
,,,^^=$¤¤# #¤¤$=^^,,,
,^-=$¤&#@@ the so called "third migraine". it's @@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&### like a regular migraine but it does not ###&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤¤¤&& hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is &&¤¤¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# there and it's draining the evil #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# straight out of the wound. #@#&¤$=-^,
,,,,,,-=¤& &¤=-,,,,,,
,,,^^^-$&# it's massaging your temples, piercing #&$-^^^,,,
,^-=$¤&#@# you, entering your blood, cracking the #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&@## skull open. a paw grips your brain, ##@&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@@ plays with it, pulls it out into the @@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# cosmos. #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@@ @@#&¤$=-^,
,,,,-==$¤# there's comets! space oddities. #¤$==-,,,,
,,^---==¤& 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. #¤=--,,,,,
,^-=$¤&#@# #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# #@#&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&&&& &&&&¤$=-^,
,^-=$¤&#@# #@#&¤$=-^,