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...=^^^^^# #^^^^^=...
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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. @@¤^......
..=^^¤#@## ##@#¤^^=..
..=^^¤#@## 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. @#^=......
.....^¤¤#@ @#¤¤^.....
..=^^¤#@## 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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