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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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