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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   ..........
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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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