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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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#¤$*=^¨¨¨¨ BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME   ¨¨¨¨^=*$¤#
##¤$*=^¨¨¨ THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   ¨¨¨^=*$¤##
###¤$*=^¨¨ ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT         ¨¨^=*$¤###
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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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