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&.&.&.&.&. ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF .&.&.&.&&.
&.&.&.&.&. 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 .&.&.&..&.
&.&.&.&.&. ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT .&.&.&.&&.
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&.&.&.&.&. A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO .&.&.&..&.
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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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