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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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