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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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