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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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