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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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.##...###. but there's always a warm alien embrace. ...#.....#
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.#.##...## and this time they hit shore.            #....#....
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