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...~~^^*¤# ^..............THE OCEAN...............^ #¤*^^~~...
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.~~^^*¤### ^.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. ¤*^^~~....
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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. ##¤*^^~~..
.~~^^*¤### ###¤*^^~~.
..~~^^*¤## AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE. ##¤*^^~~..
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