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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 &$^:-~....
...~-:^$&@ @&$^:-~...
..~-:^$&@@ 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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