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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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