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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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,:~:$@#@## THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@@### PICK UP ###@@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## IN THIS METAPHORICAL SAND, BREATHING ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@@### IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I ###@@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES ##@#@$:~:,
,:~:$@#@## LIKE WERE THEY CALLS FROM RUBBERY ##@#@$:~:,
,,,,,,~$$# BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD! #$$~,,,,,,
,:~:$@#@## BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY ##@#@$:~:,
:~:$@#@### EVAPORATING AND REFORMING. ###@#@$:~:
,,,,,::@@# AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS. #@@::,,,,,
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