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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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