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~,........ /..............THE OCEAN.............../ ........,~
,......... /....................................../ .........,
.......... /.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP./ ..........
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/~,....... WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT               .......,~/
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%%/~,..... 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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