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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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