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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   ¨¨¨¨=::*@@
###@$*:=~¨ PICK UP                                  ¨~=:*$@###
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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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