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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   #%:~^.....
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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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