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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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...,~:%$#@ THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  @#$%:~,...
....,~:%$# A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   #$%:~,....
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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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