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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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