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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 ###@*:~...
....~:*@## 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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