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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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