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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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