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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   ##%%:~^,,,
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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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