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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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