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###§$*^~:, ^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ ,:~^*$§###
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§§$^~,,,,, WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT               ,,,,,~^$§§
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###§$*^~:, THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION,     ,:~^*$§###
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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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§$*~:,,,,, WITH CLOSED EYES AND A FRACTURED SELF,   ,,,,,:~*$§
§§$^~,,,,, THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE     ,,,,,~^$§§
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#$$^:,,,,, YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    ,,,,,:^$$#
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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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