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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 &.&&&&.&&.
&&..&&.... DARK LAKE, &&...&&.&&
.&.&.&...& YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. .&..&.&&..
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....&&&.&. 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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