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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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