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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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