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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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