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,,,,^«/%*@            # #«««««««««««# #             @*%/«^,,,,
,,,^«/%*@#     ## #  # # # fey bells # #  # ## #    #@*%/«^,,,
,,^«/%*@##            # #«««««««««««# #             ##@*%/«^,,
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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   ^,,,,,,,,,
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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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