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,.~/%%¤### ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ###¤%%/~.,
,.~/%%¤### SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ###¤%%/~.,
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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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,.~/%%¤### 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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