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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   ¨--=†@¶###
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##¶@§†=--¨ AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   ¨--=†§@¶##
##¶@§†=--¨ IN THIS METAPHORICAL SAND, BREATHING     ¨--=†§@¶##
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#¶¶@§†=--¨ 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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