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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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@%///----¨ 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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