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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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