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#@@#%^*~~. 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 ....~~^^##
##@#%^*~~. 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! .~~*^#@###
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###@#%^~~. AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS. .~~^%#@###
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