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...~~:%*@¶ ** ** ¶@*%:~~...
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.~~:%*@¶@# ** ** #@¶@*%:~~.
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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 @¶@*%:~~..
...~~:%*@¶ ¶@*%:~~...
....~~:%*@ @*%:~~....
.....~~:%* 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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