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###$*:=,.. ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ..,=:*$###
##$*:=,... SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ...,=:*$##
#$*:=,.... GRAINS THERE ARE CALLS FROM OTHER        ....,=:*$#
$*:=,..... WORLDS -                                 .....,=:*$
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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  ..........
.......... A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO   ..........
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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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