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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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