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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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