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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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