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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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