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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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