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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   .:«^%*@¶##
#¶@*%^«:.. 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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