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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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