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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 .....~=/§&
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/=~....... 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 .........~
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&§/=~..... THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE .....~=/§&
§&§/=~.... DARK LAKE, ....~=/§&§
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#@#§&§/=~. SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE, .~=/§&§#@#
@#§&§/=~.. SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS, ..~=/§&§#@
#§&§/=~... BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ...~=/§&§#
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