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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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