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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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