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##¶@%*/«~, 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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