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,,,,,==†$# *,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,* #$†==,,,,,
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,,,,-=*†#@ *,LIVING,GHOST,OF,,THE,PRIMORDIAL SOUP,* @#†*=-,,,,
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,---*††$@# WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT #@$††*---,
,-=*†$#@## JUST OUTSIDE ##@#$†*=-,
,,,-=**$$# THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION, #$$**=-,,,
,-=*†$#@## ##@#$†*=-,
,-=*†$#@## A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE ##@#$†*=-,
,-=*†$#### SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST, ####$†*=-,
,-=*†$#@## ##@#$†*=-,
,-=*†$#@## INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, ##@#$†*=-,
,-=*†$#### NOT REACHING. ####$†*=-,
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,-=**†$### BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS ###$†**=-,
,-=*†#@### 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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