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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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