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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,                 ##¶#%%/~,.
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.,~/%%#¶## AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            ##¶#%%/~,.
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