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§*:~~,,,,, ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ,,,,,~~:*§
#@#§*$:~,, SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ,,~:$*§#@#
#@#§*$:~,, GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ,,~:$*§#@#
§§§$:,,,,, WORLDS -                                 ,,,,,:$§§§
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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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