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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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