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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   ¨^~;*§§###
###§§*;~^¨ 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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