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..^=*§%§## ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ##§%§*=^..
.^=*§%§### SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ###§%§*=^.
..^=*§%§## GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ##§%§*=^..
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...^=*§%§# DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    #§%§*=^...
..^=*§%§## BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME   ##§%§*=^..
.^=*§%§### THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   ###§%§*=^.
..^=*§%§## ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT         ##§%§*=^..
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....^=*§%§ THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  §%§*=^....
...^=*§%§# A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   #§%§*=^...
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...^=*§%§# AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   #§%§*=^...
....^=*§%§ IN THIS METAPHORICAL SAND, BREATHING     §%§*=^....
...^=*§%§# IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I    #§%§*=^...
..^=*§%§## HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES     ##§%§*=^..
.^=*§%§### LIKE WERE THEY CALLS FROM RUBBERY        ###§%§*=^.
..^=*§%§## BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD!               ##§%§*=^..
...^=*§%§# BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY            #§%§*=^...
....^=*§%§ EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               §%§*=^....
...^=*§%§# AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     #§%§*=^...
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