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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 .~»;%*@#@#
#@#@*%;»~. .~»;%*@#@#
#@#@*%;»~. 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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