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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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