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§=\~^..... ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    .....^~\=§
§§=\~^.... 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   ........^~
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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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