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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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