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#@§¤*†=^..                                          ..^=†*¤§@#
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#@§¤*†=^..                                          ..^=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=^... †......................................† ...^=†*¤§@
§¤*†=^.... †..............THE OCEAN...............† ....^=†*¤§
¤*†=^..... †......................................† .....^=†*¤
*†=^...... †.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.    .^=†*¤§@##
#@§¤*†=^..                                          ..^=†*¤§@#
@§¤*†=^... SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                ...^=†*¤§@
§¤*†=^.... SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 ....^=†*¤§
¤*†=^..... BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. .....^=†*¤
*†=^......                                          ......^=†*
†=^....... AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE.            .......^=†
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