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......~-=§ =..............THE OCEAN...............= §=-~......
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....~-=§$@ =.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.= @$§=-~....
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.~-=§$@### WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT               ###@$§=-~.
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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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