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#@#¤&*:~~. SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE .~~:*&¤#@#
#@#¤&*:~~. GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER .~~:*&¤#@#
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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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#@#¤&*:~~. 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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