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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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