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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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