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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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