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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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