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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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