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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               #§††††^...
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.....~~†$# THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION,     #$†~~.....
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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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