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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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