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.-=\%*&@## ##@&*%\=-.
..-=\%*&@# ** #@&*%\=-..
...-=\%*&@ ** ** @&*%\=-...
..-=\%*&@# * * #@&*%\=-..
.-=\%*&@## ** ** ##@&*%\=-.
..-=\%*&@# ** #@&*%\=-..
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..-=\%*&@# # #===========# # #@&*%\=-..
.-=\%*&@## ## # # # # FEY BELLS # # # ## # ##@&*%\=-.
..-=\%*&@# # #===========# # #@&*%\=-..
...-=\%*&@ @&*%\=-...
..-=\%*&@# 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 #@&*%\=-..
.-=\%*&@## ##@&*%\=-.
..-=\%*&@# #@&*%\=-..
...-=\%*&@ 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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