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:~*†%@#@## ##@#@%†*~:
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,:~*†%@#@# 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 #@†~,,,,,,
,:~*†%#@## ##@#%†*~:,
,,,,:*††@# THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM #@††*:,,,,
,:~*†@#@## A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO ##@#@†*~:,
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,,,:~~†%@@ 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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