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#¤&&&†*=^¨                                          ¨^=*†&&&¤#
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¤††==¨¨¨¨¨ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ¨¨¨¨¨==††¤
#¤¤¤&†*=^¨ GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ¨^=*†&¤¤¤#
#@#¤&†*=^¨ WORLDS -                                 ¨^=*†&¤#@#
#¤¤&†**=^¨                                          ¨^=**†&¤¤#
#@#¤&†*=^¨ DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    ¨^=*†&¤#@#
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@¤¤&&†*=^¨ 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     ¨¨¨¨¨¨=*†¤
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#@#¤&†*=^¨ 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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