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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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.--;^%&### BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ###&%^;--.
.--;^%&### IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  ###&%^;--.
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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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