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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   §^=~......
.....~=^§¤ PICK UP                                  ¤§^=~.....
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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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