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#@@@$**=,¨ envelop me in noise... a sandstorm of    ¨,=**$@@@#
##@@$**=,¨ sound... and sure enough, between the    ¨,=**$@@##
##@@$**=,¨ grains there are calls from other        ¨,=**$@@##
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#@@$*==,¨¨ but staying out of reach... telling me   ¨¨,==*$@@#
##@@$**=,¨ that something is happening, perfuming   ¨,=**$@@##
#@$****=,¨ me with someone elses excitement         ¨,=****$@#
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##@@$**=,¨ it, the veil is next to breached... i    ¨,=**$@@##
#@$*=,¨¨¨¨ hear flutes, sines, repeating themes     ¨¨¨¨,=*$@#
@@*=¨¨¨¨¨¨ like were they calls from rubbery        ¨¨¨¨¨¨=*@@
@@@@$**=,¨ birds... deafeningly loud!               ¨,=**$@@@@
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