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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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