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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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