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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 ##@#*%*»^.
.^»*%*#@## ##@#*%*»^.
.^»*%*#### 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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