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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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