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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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