,,,,~~/@@@ @@@/~~,,,,
,~=====$@@ @@$=====~,
,~=/$@@@@@ @@@@@$/=~,
,~=/$@@@@@ @@@@@$/=~,
,,,,,=$$@@ @@$$=,,,,,
,,,,,===$@ ###= =### @$===,,,,,
,~=/$@@@@# # # #@@@@$/=~,
,~=/$@@@@@ # TELE MIGRAINE # @@@@@$/=~,
,,,~~=/$@@ # # @@$/=~~,,,
,,,,~/$$$@ ###= =### @$$$/~,,,,
,~=/$@@@@# #@@@@$/=~,
,,,,~~/$$@ THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S @$$/~~,,,,
,,,,~=/$$@ LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT @$$/=~,,,,
,~=/$@@@@# HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS #@@@@$/=~,
,,,~~~=$@@ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL @@$=~~~,,,
,,~~=/@@@@ 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. @@@@/~,,,,
,~=///$$@@ @@$$///=~,
,,,,,=$@@@ @@@$=,,,,,
,~=/$@@@@@ @@@@@$/=~,
,~=/$@@@## ##@@@$/=~,
,~=/$@@@@@ @@@@@$/=~,