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This tinnitus—
its tintinnabulations
so whiningly thin.

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This tinnitus—
tiny and tinny and yet
so terribly loud.

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This tinnitus—
its flatline shrilling is so
utterly tireless.

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This tinnitus—
unresolvable until
the resurrection.

—Andrew Lansdown

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