,,~=:†%#@# #@#%†:=~,,
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,,,,~=:†%# #%†:=~,,,,
,,,,,~=:†% %% %†:=~,,,,,
,,,,,,~=:† %% %% †:=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~=:†% % % %†:=~,,,,,
,,,,~=:†%# %% %% #%†:=~,,,,
,,,~=:†%#@ %% @#%†:=~,,,
,,~=:†%#@# #@#%†:=~,,
,~=:†%#@## # #===========# # ##@#%†:=~,
,,~=:†%#@# ## # # # # FEY BELLS # # # ## # #@#%†:=~,,
,,,~=:†%#@ # #===========# # @#%†:=~,,,
,,,,~=:†%# #%†:=~,,,,
,,,,,~=:†% 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 %†:=~,,,,,
,,,,~=:†%# #%†:=~,,,,
,,,~=:†%#@ @#%†:=~,,,
,,~=:†%#@# 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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