,^~;^%¤@@# #@@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤%^;~^,
,,^^^;%%@@ @@%%;^^^,,
,^~;^%¤@## ##@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## ##@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## ###~ ~### ##@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## # # ##@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## # 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. @¤^~~~~^,,
,^~;^^^¤¤# #¤¤^^^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## ##@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@@# #@@¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤### ###¤%^;~^,
,^~;^%¤@## ##@¤%^;~^,