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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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