,~~^^&##@# #@##&^^~~,
,,,~^^^^^# #^^^^^~,,,
,~~^^&#### ####&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# #@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&#### ####&^^~~,
,,,~~~^^&# && #&^^~~~,,,
,~~^^&&### && && ###&&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# & & #@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# && && #@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# && #@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@@ @@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&#### # #~~~~~~~~~~~# # ####&^^~~,
,,~~~^^### ## # # # # 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. @###&^^~~,
,~~^^&#### ####&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# #@##&^^~~,
,~~^^&##@# #@##&^^~~,
,,,,,~^^&# #&^^~,,,,,
,,,~~^^^&# #&^^^~~,,,
,~~^^&##@# #@##&^^~~,