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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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