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....~///*# # #»»»»»»»»»»»# # #*///~....
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.~»/**@### envelop me in noise... a sandstorm of ###@**/»~.
.~»/**@### sound... and sure enough, between the ###@**/»~.
.~~~/****@ grains there are calls from other @****/~~~.
.....»***@ worlds - @***».....
.....~/*## ##*/~.....
.~»/*@#### distant wailing sirens, coming closer ####@*/»~.
....»**@@# but staying out of reach... telling me #@@**»....
.~»/**@### that something is happening, perfuming ###@**/»~.
.~»»//*@@# me with someone elses excitement #@@*//»»~.
.~»/****@@ @@****/»~.
.....»*@## 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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