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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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