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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     §§&&&§†~..
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.....††§§# 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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