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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. #=~.......
.,~\=*#@## ##@#*=\~,.
.,~\=*#@## 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. ##***=\~,.
.,~\=*#@## ##@#*=\~,.
.,~\=*#@## 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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