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.^~\*%@### ###@%*\~^.
....~\*%@@ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF @@%*\~....
.^~\*%@@## SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE ##@@%*\~^.
......~\%@ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER @%\~......
.^~\*%@@## WORLDS - ##@@%*\~^.
.^~\*%@@## ##@@%*\~^.
.^~\*%@@## 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 #@*~......
.^~\*%@@@@ 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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