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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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