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###@@*:»~¨ 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 ¨~»:*@@#@#
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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! ¨~»:*@@###
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#@@@@*:»~¨ EVAPORATING AND REFORMING. ¨~»:*@@@@#
#@#@@*:»~¨ AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS. ¨~»:*@@#@#
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