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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               ##¶#*%*~,,
,,,,***%#¶                             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.    ##¶#*%*~,,
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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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