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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     ###§*†~.,,
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,,,,.~†*§# EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               #§*†~.,,,,
,,,,,.~†*§ AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     §*†~.,,,,,
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