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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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