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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   ,,&,&&&&&&
&,&,&,&,,& PICK UP                                  ,,&&&,,,,,
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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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