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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   ........:=
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:=:....... 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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