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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 -                                 &,,,&&,,&&
&&&&&,&&,,                                          ,&,,&,&,&,
&,,,,&&,&, distant wailing sirens, coming closer    ,&&,&&&&&&
,&,,,&,&&& but staying out of reach... telling me   &&,&&,,,,,
,&&,,&&&,, that something is happening, perfuming   ,,&&,&,,,,
,&,&,&,,&, me with someone elses excitement         ,,&,&&&,,,
,&&&&&&,&&                                          ,,&&&,,&,,
,&,,,,,&&, 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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