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##@§$†/~^.    ## #  # # # FEY BELLS # #  # ## #     .^~/†$§@##
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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   ...^~~//†§
##@§$†/~^. PICK UP                                  .^~/†$§@##
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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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