,,,,,~~%@@ @@%~~,,,,,
,,,,,~\@@@ @@@\~,,,,,
,~~\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\~~,
,~~\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\~~,
,~~\%@¤¤@# #@¤¤@%\~~,
,~~\%@¤@## ###~ ~### ##@¤@%\~~,
,~~\%@¤@## # # ##@¤@%\~~,
,~~\%@¤@## # 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. @@@¤@%\~~,
,~~\%¤@### ###@¤%\~~,
,~~\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\~~,
,~~~\\\%@¤ ¤@%\\\~~~,
,,,,~\%@¤# #¤@%\~,,,,
,~~\%@¤@## ##@¤@%\~~,