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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 &&*;~,,,,,
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,~-;%*&¶¶# 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. ¶*%-~~~~,,
,,,,--;%*¶ ¶*%;--,,,,
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