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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         £$%/~.....
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......~/%$ 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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