,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ###= =### #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ # # @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# # TELE MIGRAINE # #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## # # ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ###= =### #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# COSMOS. #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ IT'S RAINING SAP. @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ###= =### #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,@:=== - #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ MEMORY NEGATIVES, @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ###= =### #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ CURFEW SIRENS. @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# THEIR BELONGINGS. #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,,,~=:%$@@ @@$%:=~,,,
,,~=:%$@@# #@@$%:=~,,
,~=:%$@@## ##@@$%:=~,