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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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