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,,,,,,,,:~ \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\ ~:,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,:~\% \,LIVING,GHOST,OF,,THE,PRIMORDIAL SOUP,\ %\~:,,,,,,
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,,,:~\%%&¶ WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT ¶&%%\~:,,,
,,:~\%%&¶# JUST OUTSIDE #¶&%%\~:,,
,:~\%%&¶## THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION, ##¶&%%\~:,
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,,,:~\%%&¶ A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE ¶&%%\~:,,,
,,,,:~\%%& SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST, &%%\~:,,,,
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,,,,,,:~\% INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, %\~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~\ NOT REACHING. \~:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,: BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:~ WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF, ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~\ THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE \~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~\% DARK LAKE, %\~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~\%% YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. %%\~:,,,,,
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,,,:~\%%&¶ SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE, ¶&%%\~:,,,
,,:~\%%&¶# SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS, #¶&%%\~:,,
,:~\%%&¶## BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ##¶&%%\~:,
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,,,:~\%%&¶ AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE. ¶&%%\~:,,,
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