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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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