#§§§*%†-.,                                          ,.-†%*§§§#
#¶**%%†-.,                                          ,.-†%%**¶#
##¶§*%†-.,                                          ,.-†%*§¶##
##¶§*%†-.,                                          ,.-†%*§¶##
##¶§*%†-.,                                          ,.-†%*§¶##
##¶§*%†-.,             ###-         -###            ,.-†%*§¶##
###¶*%†-.,            #               #             ,.-†%*¶###
¶§§%%†...,             # 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.             ,,..-†%%§¶
§*†----,,,                                          ,,,----†*§
§*%%-..,,,                                          ,,,..-%%*§
§**†--,,,,                                          ,,,,--†**§
§**††††-.,                                          ,.-††††**§
###¶§*%†.,                                          ,.†%*§¶###