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.......... ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ..........
.......... 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         @$%†-,....
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.....,-†%$ 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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