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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 #@¤@*:~,..
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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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