...~~~~†&@ @&†~~~~...
..,,††**@# #@**††,,..
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
.,~††*&@## ** ##@&*††~,.
.,~††**&@@ ** ** @@&**††~,.
.,~†††***@ * * @***†††~,.
.,~††&@### ** ** ###@&††~,.
....~†**@# ** #@**†~....
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
...,,~~†*& # #~~~~~~~~~~~# # &*†~~,,...
.,~††*&@## ## # # # # fey bells # # # ## # ##@&*††~,.
....,††*@# # #~~~~~~~~~~~# # #@*††,....
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
...~~†*& 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. &†~.......
....,†*&&@ @&&*†,....
...,~†††&& &&†††~,...
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
.,~†††††&@ @&†††††~,.
.,~††*&@## ##@&*††~,.
.....~†**& &**†~.....