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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         %§=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=§%#                                          #%§=«~,,,,
,,,~«=§%## 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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