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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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..&.&.&.&. BUT STAYING OUT OF REACH... TELLING ME &.&.&.&&.&
.&&.&.&.&. THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING &.&.&..&.&
..&.&.&.&. ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT &.&.&.&&.&
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..&.&.&.&. 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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