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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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,,=*$&¶### INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ###¶&$*=,,
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,,=*$$&¶## BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ##¶&$$*=,,
,,=*$$&¶## IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  ##¶&$$*=,,
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,,=*$$&¶¶# WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF,   #¶¶&$$*=,,
,,,,,,=*$& THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     &$*=,,,,,,
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,,=*$$&¶## YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    ##¶&$$*=,,
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,,=*$$&¶## SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                ##¶&$$*=,,
,,,,,,*$$& SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 &$$*,,,,,,
,,=*$$&¶## BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ##¶&$$*=,,
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,,=*$$$$&& AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            &&$$$$*=,,
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