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..:~=%%§@# ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    #@§%%=~:..
...:~=%%§@ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    @§%%=~:...
....:~=%%§ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        §%%=~:....
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.......:~= DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    =~:.......
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.....:~=%% 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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