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**-^...... *......................................* ......^-**
*-^....... *..............the ocean...............* .......^-*
-^........ *......................................* ........^-
^......... *.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. ........^-
^.........                                          .........^
.......... and this time they hit shore.            ..........
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