,~~;*§@¶## ##¶@§*;~~,
,,,,~~***@ @***~~,,,,
,~~;*§@¶## ##¶@§*;~~,
,~~;*§@¶## ##¶@§*;~~,
,~~;*§@¶## ##¶@§*;~~,
,~~;*§@¶## ###~ ~### ##¶@§*;~~,
,,,,,,~*@@ # # @@*~,,,,,,
,~~;*§@### # 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. #¶¶@§*;~~,
,,,,~~~**@ @**~~~,,,,
,,,,~~~*§@ @§*~~~,,,,
,,,,,~;§§¶ ¶§§;~,,,,,
,,,,,~~;§¶ ¶§;~~,,,,,
,,,,~;*§¶¶ ¶¶§*;~,,,,