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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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