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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 .....--†@¶
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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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