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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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