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,,,,,,,,.~ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~/ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    /~.,,,,,,,
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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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