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~......... ^......................................^ .........~
.......... ^..............THE OCEAN...............^ ..........
.......... ^......................................^ ..........
.......... ^.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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$†^-~..... A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE      .....~-^†$
&$†^-~.... SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST,              ....~-^†$&
@&$†^-~...                                          ...~-^†$&@
#@&$†^-~.. INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ..~-^†$&@#
##@&$†^-~.                 NOT REACHING.            .~-^†$&@##
#@&$†^-~..                                          ..~-^†$&@#
@&$†^-~... BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ...~-^†$&@
&$†^-~.... IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT.  ....~-^†$&
$†^-~.....                                          .....~-^†$
†^-~...... 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.    .........~
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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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