.~~;%$&# ##&&$%;~~.
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.~~;%$## ###&$%;~~.
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...~~~;$$& $$ $$ &$$;~~~...
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.~~;%$## $$ $$ ###&$%;~~.
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.~~;%$## ## # # # # 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 #$$;;~~~~.
~~;%$### ME WITH SOMEONE ELSES EXCITEMENT ####&$%;~~
.....~;$$# #$$;~.....
.~~;%$&& THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM #&&&$%;~~.
.~~;%$$$$& A JOB LONG LOST, URGING FOR SOMEONE TO &$$$$%;~~.
......~%%& PICK UP &%%~......
.~~;%$## ###&$%;~~.
....~~;% #&%;~~....
.......~%& AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING &%~.......
.~~;;;;$$# 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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