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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,     ........~*
**~.......                                          .......~**
&**~...... a roaring depth reduced to a gentle      ......~**&
§&**~..... swell upon the minds coast,              .....~**&§
#§&**~....                                          ....~**&§#
##§&**~... invisible laps, claiming you,            ...~**&§##
###§&**~..                 not reaching.            ..~**&§###
##§&**~...                                          ...~**&§##
#§&**~.... but the body has limits, the barrier is  ....~**&§#
§&**~..... impermanent, and exhaustion unlocks it.  .....~**&§
&**~......                                          ......~**&
**~....... 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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