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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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