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........^- ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF -^........
.......^-/ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE /-^.......
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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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