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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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..,~:$£@## THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  ##@£$:~,..
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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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