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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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