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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    %†~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~† 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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,,,,.~†%%@ 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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