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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               §††«......
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.:«††%§@@# 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     @%%†«.....
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......:†%§ 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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