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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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