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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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.&.&.&.&.. 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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