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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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