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....,-;*%# ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    #%*;-,....
...,-;*%#@ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    @#%*;-,...
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...,-;*%#@ DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    @#%*;-,...
....,-;*%# BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME   #%*;-,....
...,-;*%#@ THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   @#%*;-,...
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..,-;*%#@# THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  #@#%*;-,..
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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    @#%*;-,...
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..,-;*%#@# BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD!               #@#%*;-,..
.,-;*%#@## BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY            ##@#%*;-,.
..,-;*%#@# EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               #@#%*;-,..
...,-;*%#@ AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     @#%*;-,...
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