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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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