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,,~^†&&###             # #~~~~~~~~~~~# #            ###&&†^~,,
,,~^†††&&&     ## #  # # # FEY BELLS # #  # ## #    &&&†††^~,,
,,~^†&&&##            # #~~~~~~~~~~~# #             ##&&&†^~,,
,,~^†&&###                                          ###&&†^~,,
,,~^†&&### 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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