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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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