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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 =~,.......
......,~=^ THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING ^=~,......
.....,~=^% ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT %^=~,.....
....,~=^%& &%^=~,....
...,~=^%&¶ THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM ¶&%^=~,...
..,~=^%&¶# A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO #¶&%^=~,..
.,~=^%&¶## PICK UP ##¶&%^=~,.
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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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