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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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