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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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