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,,,,~:*$¤@ ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF @¤$*:~,,,,
,,,~:*$¤@# SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE #@¤$*:~,,,
,,~:*$¤@## GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER ##@¤$*:~,,
,,,~:*$¤@# WORLDS - #@¤$*:~,,,
,,,,~:*$¤@ @¤$*:~,,,,
,,,,,~:*$¤ DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER ¤$*:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:*$ BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME $*:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:* THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING *:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:*$ ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT $*:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:*$¤ ¤$*:~,,,,,
,,,,~:*$¤@ THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM @¤$*:~,,,,
,,,~:*$¤@# A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO #@¤$*:~,,,
,,~:*$¤@## PICK UP ##@¤$*:~,,
,,,~:*$¤@# #@¤$*:~,,,
,,,,~:*$¤@ @¤$*:~,,,,
,,,,,~:*$¤ 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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