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##$§\~.,,, SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ,,,.~\§$##
#$§\~.,,,, GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ,,,,.~\§$#
$§\~.,,,,, WORLDS -                                 ,,,,,.~\§$
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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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#$§\~.,,,, THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  ,,,,.~\§$#
##$§\~.,,, A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   ,,,.~\§$##
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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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