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=......... *......................................* .........=
*=........ *..............THE OCEAN...............* ........=*
=*=....... *......................................* .......=*=
&=*=...... *.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.* ......=*=&
&&=*=..... *......................................* .....=*=&&
#&&=*=....                                          ....=*=&&#
##&&=*=... 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.  ......=*=&
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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.    ...=*=&&##
#&&=*=....                                          ....=*=&&#
&&=*=..... 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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