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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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