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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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