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.~«=%&¤@@# ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF #@@¤&%=«~.
....~~=&¤@ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE @¤&=~~....
....~~==%¤ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER ¤%==~~....
.~«=%&&&¤@ WORLDS - @¤&&&%=«~.
.~«=%&¤@## ##@¤&%=«~.
.~«=%&¤@@# 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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