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##@¶*%†--¨ 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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@@¶#*%†--¨ 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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