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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,     .~=\^&#@##
#@#&^\=~..                                          ..~=\^&#@#
@#&^\=~... 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.  ..........
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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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