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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,     ........-*
$*-.......                                          .......-*$
%$*-...... A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE      ......-*$%
£%$*-..... SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST,              .....-*$%£
¶£%$*-....                                          ....-*$%£¶
#¶£%$*-... INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ...-*$%£¶#
##¶£%$*-..                 NOT REACHING.            ..-*$%£¶##
#¶£%$*-...                                          ...-*$%£¶#
¶£%$*-.... BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ....-*$%£¶
£%$*-..... IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  .....-*$%£
%$*-......                                          ......-*$%
$*-....... WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF,   .......-*$
*-........ THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ........-*
-......... DARK LAKE,                               .........-
.......... YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    ..........
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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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