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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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