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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         ##@#&=\=^.
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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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