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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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