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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 -                                 ¤*†:=~,,,,
,,,~=:†*¤#                                          #¤*†:=~,,,
,,~=:†*¤## 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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