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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!               #¤^†,,,,,,
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,,«†^%¤### AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ###¤%^†«,,
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