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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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