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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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&.&.&.&.&. A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO .&.&..&.&.
&.&.&.&.&. PICK UP &&.&.&&.&.
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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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