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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, ##@#$^=-..
...-=^$#@# #@#$^=-...
....-=^$#@ INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, @#$^=-....
.....-=^$# NOT REACHING. #$^=-.....
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.......-=^ BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS ^=-.......
........-= IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. =-........
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.......... WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF, ..........
.......... THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE ..........
.......... DARK LAKE, ..........
.........- YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. -.........
........-= =-........
.......-=^ SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE, ^=-.......
......-=^$ SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS, $^=-......
.....-=^$# BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. #$^=-.....
....-=^$#@ @#$^=-....
...-=^$#@# AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE. #@#$^=-...
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