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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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