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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   ....^~;*%§
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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.               ...^~;*%§£
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