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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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