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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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