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,,,,--†&## SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ##&†--,,,,
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,-~†§&##@# BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME   #@##&§†~-,
,-~†§&##@# THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   #@##&§†~-,
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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   @##&&§†~-,
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,-~†§§§§## IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I    ##§§§§†~-,
,,,,-†&&#@ HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES     @#&&†-,,,,
,-~†§&##@# LIKE WERE THEY CALLS FROM RUBBERY        #@##&§†~-,
,-~†§&###@ BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD!               @###&§†~-,
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,-~†&##@## EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               ##@##&†~-,
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