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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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