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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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...=^^^$## AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            ##$^^^=...
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