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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!               ,,,,^::%##
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#@##%§:~^, EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               ,^~:§%##@#
##@#%§:~^, AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ,^~:§%#@##
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