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,,,,,,,,,, ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~« GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«† WORLDS -                                 †«~,,,,,,,
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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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