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:~^,,,,,,, :,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,: ,,,,,,,^~:
~^,,,,,,,, :,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,: ,,,,,,,,^~
^,,,,,,,,, :,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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