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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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