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,,,,:-*=%§ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    §%=*-:,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:- DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: 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        =*-:,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:- BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY            -:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:- AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     -:,,,,,,,,
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