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,,~†*&#### ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF ####&*†~,,
,,,,,,,~*# SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE #*~,,,,,,,
,,,,~†&&&# GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER #&&&†~,,,,
,,~†*&#### WORLDS - ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME ####&*†~,,
,,,,,~~†&# THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING #&†~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*## ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT ##*~,,,,,,
,,~†*&#### ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO ####&*†~,,
,,~†*##### PICK UP #####*†~,,
,,~†*&#### ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### ####&*†~,,
,,~†*&#### 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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