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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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