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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 #@§@*^-:..
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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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