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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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