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@§%::-¨¨¨¨ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ¨¨¨¨-::%§@
#§%:«-¨¨¨¨ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ¨¨¨¨-«:%§#
§*:-¨¨¨¨¨¨ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ¨¨¨¨¨¨-:*§
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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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