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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         ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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