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.~»^*&&¶## & & ##¶&&*^»~.
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.....»**&¶ # #»»»»»»»»»»»# # ¶&**».....
.~»^*&&¶## ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE ##¶&&*^»~.
......~^*& GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER &*^~......
.....~^&&& WORLDS - &&&^~.....
......~»*& &*»~......
.~»^*&&&¶¶ DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER ¶¶&&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&&¶¶ BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME ¶¶&&&*^»~.
.~»^**&&¶¶ THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING ¶¶&&**^»~.
.~»^*&## ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT ###&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^****&¶ A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO ¶&****^»~.
..~~~»^*&¶ PICK UP ¶&*^»~~~..
.~»^*&&¶## ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## ##¶&&*^»~.
.~»^*&&¶## 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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