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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 ,,,,.»^^^@
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#@^^»»,,,, THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING ,,,,»»^^@#
@@#@%^^»., ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT ,.»^^%@#@@
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#@@@%^^»., THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM ,.»^^%@@@#
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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 ,.»^^%%@@@
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@%^^».,,,, BUT LIKE A MIRAGE, CONSTANTLY ,,,,.»^^%@
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