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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   ,:~/%&&@##
##@&&%/~:, 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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