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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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