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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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