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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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