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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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