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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   ##@@£=*=..
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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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