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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     .......,~/
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$*/~,..... YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK.    .....,~/*$
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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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