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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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