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.:~;†*§#@# SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    #@#§*†;~:.
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.:~;†*§#@# BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME   #@#§*†;~:.
.:~;†*§#@# THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   #@#§*†;~:.
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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     #@#§*†;~:.
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.:~;†*§#@# EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               #@#§*†;~:.
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