,,,,,,-*$@ @$*-,,,,,,
,~~~~-/**¤ ¤**/-~~~~,
,~-/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/-~,
,~-///**¤@ @¤**///-~,
,~---//$¤# #¤$//---~,
,~-/*$¤¤¤# ###- -### #¤¤¤$*/-~,
,~-/*$¤@## # # ##@¤$*/-~,
,~-/**$$¤# # TELE MIGRAINE # #¤$$**/-~,
,,,-/**¤¤@ # # @¤¤**/-,,,
,,,,~/**¤¤ ###- -### ¤¤**/~,,,,
,~----/$$¤ ¤$$/----~,
,,,,,~-**¤ 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 @¤****/-~,
,,,~-*$¤@@ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET @@¤$*-~,,,
,~-/*$¤@@# THEIR BELONGINGS. #@@¤$*/-~,
,~-/*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*/-~,
,~-/*¤@### ###@¤*/-~,
,~-/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/-~,
,,,,--/$¤¤ ¤¤$/--,,,,
,~-/*$¤@## ##@¤$*/-~,