,,,,,-^&@@ @@&^-,,,,,
,,,^-^&@@# #@@&^-^,,,
,^-^%%&@@# #@@&%%^-^,
,^-^%&@@## ##@@&%^-^,
,,,,,^^^%@ @%^^^,,,,,
,^-^%&@@## ###- -### ##@@&%^-^,
,^-^%&@@## # # ##@@&%^-^,
,,,^^-^^&@ # 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. @@@@&%^-^,
,^-^%&@@## ##@@&%^-^,
,^-^%%%%@# #@%%%%^-^,
,,,^-%%%%@ @%%%%-^,,,
,^-^%&@@## ##@@&%^-^,
,^-^%%&@@@ @@@&%%^-^,