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....-*$&@@ *.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.* @@&$*-....
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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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.....-**$& IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. &$**-.....
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.~-**$&@## THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE ##@&$**-~.
.~-**$&@@# DARK LAKE, #@@&$**-~.
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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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