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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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