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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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