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#@#%^:«,¨¨ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ¨¨,«:^%#@#
##@#%^:«,¨ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ¨,«:^%#@##
#@#%^:«,¨¨ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ¨¨,«:^%#@#
@#%^:«,¨¨¨ 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         ¨¨,«:^%#@#
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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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