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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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