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.,~^*%%§¶# ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    #¶§%%*^~,.
.,~^*****§ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    §*****^~,.
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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  ##¶§%*^~,.
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.,~^*%§¶## AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   ##¶§%*^~,.
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.....,^^%¶ 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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