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,-~:%%§§§# ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    #§§§%%:~-,
,-~:%%§@## SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ##@§%%:~-,
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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   §%~~,,,,,,
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,-~:%%§@## 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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