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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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