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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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#¤*$:~^... INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ...^~:$*¤#
¤*$:~^....                 NOT REACHING.            ....^~:$*¤
*$:~^.....                                          .....^~:$*
$:~^...... BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ......^~:$
:~^....... 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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