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