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.......... /..............THE OCEAN.............../ ..........
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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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$/~....... BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  .......~/$
/~........ 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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$/~....... SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE,                .......~/$
§$/~...... SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS,                 ......~/$§
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