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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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