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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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