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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.  ###@$$:~:.
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....:~$$## THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ##$$~:....
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.:~:$$@### SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                ###@$$:~:.
.:~:$$@### SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 ###@$$:~:.
.:~:$$@### BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ###@$$:~:.
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