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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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