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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 -                                 ,,~=^%@###
###@%^=~,,                                          ,,~=^%@###
###@%^=~,, 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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