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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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.........: THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  :.........
........:~ 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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