,:~:*¤#@@# #@@#¤*:~:,
,:~:*¤#@@@ @@@#¤*:~:,
,:~:::**¤@ @¤**:::~:,
,:~:*¤#@@# #@@#¤*:~:,
,:~:*¤#@@@ @@@#¤*:~:,
,,,:~~*¤¤# ###~ ~### #¤¤*~~:,,,
,,,,:~~:¤@ # # @¤:~~:,,,,
,,,,:~~*#@ # 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. @@@#¤*:~:,
,,,,,~~:¤# #¤:~~,,,,,
,,,,:::*#@ @#*:::,,,,
,:~:*¤¤#@@ @@#¤¤*:~:,
,:~:*¤#@## ##@#¤*:~:,
,,,,,:~:¤# #¤:~:,,,,,