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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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###@$$:~.. THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  ..~:$$@###
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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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