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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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.......=*% 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   ##§%%*=...
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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!               %%*=......
.......=*% BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY            %*=.......
........=* EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               *=........
.........= AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     =.........
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