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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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