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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   ##**:~.,,,
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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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