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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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