¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨§§§§§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§§§¨§
§§¨§¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨            ###»         »###             ¨§§¨§§¨¨§§
§¨§§¨§§§§¨            #               #             §§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§§§¨§§¨¨¨§            # 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.             §¨§§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§                                          §§§¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§§§§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§§¨
§§¨§§§¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨§