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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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