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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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..:~**£#£# 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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