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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   #@@=**==:,
,:=*=@§### 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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