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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        #*/~^¨¨¨¨¨
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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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