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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,     ..........
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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  @&£†/«....
...«/†£&@@ 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.    £†/«......
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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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