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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   %/«^,,,,,,
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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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