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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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