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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!               ###¤%†;~.,
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,.~;†%¤### EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               ###¤%†;~.,
,,,,,~;%¤¤ AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ¤¤%;~,,,,,
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