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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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