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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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