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.,~††%&@## ##@&%††~,.
..,~††%&@# # #~~~~~~~~~~~# # #@&%††~,..
...,~††%&@ ## # # # # 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. @&%††~,...
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