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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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