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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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