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,^»†*##@## =,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,= ##@##*†»^,
,^»=†*##@# =,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,= #@##*†=»^,
,,,,,,»††# =,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,= #††»,,,,,,
,,,^==†*#@ =,LIVING,GHOST,OF,,THE,PRIMORDIAL SOUP,= @#*†==^,,,
,,,,,»»†#@ =,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,= @#†»»,,,,,
,,^^»==**# #**==»^^,,
,,,,,^=*#@ WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT @#*=^,,,,,
,,,,,^»=†# JUST OUTSIDE #†=»^,,,,,
,^»=†*##@# THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION, #@##*†=»^,
,,^^»=†*#@ @#*†=»^^,,
,^»=†*###@ A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE @###*†=»^,
,,^»»»†*#@ SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST, @#*†»»»^,,
,^»=†*##@# #@##*†=»^,
,,,,,,^=†# INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, #†=^,,,,,,
,^»=†**### NOT REACHING. ###**†=»^,
,^»=†*#@## ##@#*†=»^,
,^»=†***#@ BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS @#***†=»^,
,^»=†*##@# IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. #@##*†=»^,
,^»=†*##@# #@##*†=»^,
,^»=†##@## 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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