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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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