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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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@##£%;~... with closed eyes and a fractured self,   ...~;%£##@
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##£%;~.... you can hear the waves as they speak.    ....~;%£##
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%;~....... 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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