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..=*=@&### ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ###&@=*=..
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..=*=@&### 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  ###&@=*=..
.....*@&&& A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   &&&@*.....
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..=*=@&### AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   ###&@=*=..
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..=*=@@&## IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I    ##&@@=*=..
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..==*==&&& BIRDS... DEAFENINGLY LOUD!               &&&==*==..
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..=*=@&### EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               ###&@=*=..
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