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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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