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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,     ..........
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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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#@@£§†=... THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ...=†§£@@#
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@£§†=..... 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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