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.........^ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ^.........
.......... SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ..........
.......... GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ..........
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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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