,:~^%@&### ###&@%^~:,
,,:~^%@&## ##&@%^~:,,
,,,:~^%@&# #&@%^~:,,,
,,:~^%@&## ##&@%^~:,,
,:~^%@&### ###&@%^~:,
,,:~^%@&## ###~ ~### ##&@%^~:,,
,,,:~^%@&# # # #&@%^~:,,,
,,:~^%@&## # 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,ΒΆ^~~~ - ##&@%^~:,,
,,,:~^%@&# 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. ##&@%^~:,,
,:~^%@&### ###&@%^~:,
,,:~^%@&## ##&@%^~:,,
,,,:~^%@&# #&@%^~:,,,
,,:~^%@&## ##&@%^~:,,
,:~^%@&### ###&@%^~:,