.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,««\**###                                          ###**\««,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
....,««*&#                                          #&*««,....
.....,««*# \......................................\ #*««,.....
.,,,\\**## \..............the ocean...............\ ##**\\,,,.
.,«\\*&### \......................................\ ###&*\\«,.
.....,«*&# \.living.ghost.of..the.primordial soup.\ #&*«,.....
.....«\\*# \......................................\ #*\\«.....
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&#### wavering just out of sight               ####&*\«,.
.....,\&##                             just outside ##&\,.....
.,«\*&#### the termination shock of perception,     ####&*\«,.
......,«*#                                          #*«,......
....,\\&## a roaring depth reduced to a gentle      ##&\\,....
.,«\*&#### swell upon the minds coast,              ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&#### invisible laps, claiming you,            ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&####                 not reaching.            ####&*\«,.
.,«\\\**##                                          ##**\\\«,.
.,«\*&#### but the body has limits, the barrier is  ####&*\«,.
.,«««««*## impermanent, and exhaustion unlocks it.  ##*«««««,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.....,«*&# 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.    ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&#### sometimes they're people,                ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&#### sometimes there's birds,                 ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&#### but there's always a warm alien embrace. ####&*\«,.
...,\\&&&#                                          #&&&\\,...
.,«\*&#### and this time they hit shore.            ####&*\«,.
.,\*&#####                                          #####&*\,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
...,«\*###                                          ###*\«,...
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.
.,«\*&####                                          ####&*\«,.