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......,=†$ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    $†=,......
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.......,=† 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.               =,........
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