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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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