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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   †-,.......
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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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