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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   §§%%%:=~..
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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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