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,,-†%%§@@@ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    @@@§%%†-,,
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,,-†%%§@## 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    ###§%%†-,,
,,-†%%§@## HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES     ##@§%%†-,,
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,,-†%%§@## BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY            ##@§%%†-,,
,,,,,,,-%§ EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               §%-,,,,,,,
,,-†%§@### AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ###@§%†-,,
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