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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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