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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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