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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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