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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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