CODA IN CODE

_ O _   _ PEN!

NOW   _ PEN!

_ _ _   _ _ IT IS OVER

_ _ _   WA _ T IS OVER

THANKS FOR  _ ASKING!

FIN _ _ _ _

_ _   LAST

_ _ _ ALLY

_ _ _ COME BACK

WE _ COME BACK

WE _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _   WILD

WE _ _   _ _ RING

WAT _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   WE _ _   MEANT TO   _ _   SEE _

WAT _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   WE _ _   MEANT TO   BE   _ _ _ _ †††

††† Key: The letters in this puzzle are taken from business advertisements we saw June through July 2021. People with auditory processing disorders, like the author, often have difficulty processing & recalling the order of sounds & words. The original ads for the third to last & last two sentences were, respectively:

Welcome back to the wild (advertisement for a zoo)

Watch movies like they were meant to be seen (advertisement for a movie theater)