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.,-**%#@## SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ##@#%**-,.
.,-**%#@## GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES     ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@## BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD!               ##@#%**-,.
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.,-**%#@@@ EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               @@@#%**-,.
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