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.......~-* *......................................* *-~.......
........~- *..............the ocean...............* -~........
.........~ *......................................* ~.........
.......... *.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. *-~.......
........~-                                          -~........
.........~ and this time they hit shore.            ~.........
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