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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 #@@#*%:~:,
,:~:%*#@@@ @@@#*%:~:,
,:~~:%*#@@ 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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