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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 -                                 @%=,,,,,,,
,,=\%*@#@@                                          @@#@*%\=,,
,,=\%*@#@# 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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