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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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