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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   ........~*
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$$*~...... me with someone elses excitement         ......~*$$
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*~........ 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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