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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               ~^........
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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     ~^........
.......^~: 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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