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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   ......^~/§
$§/~^..... PICK UP                                  .....^~/§$
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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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