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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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