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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 &..&.&&..&
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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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