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#$\^...... ......^\$#
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####$=\~^. \..............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, .^~\=$####
#$=~...... ......~=$#
#$=~...... 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, ......~\$#
####$=\~^. THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE .^~\=$####
####$=\~^. DARK LAKE, .^~\=$####
####$=\~^. YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. .^~\=$####
##=~...... ......~=##
####$=\~^. SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE, .^~\=$####
####$=\~^. SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS, .^~\=$####
##$\~^.... BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ....^~\$##
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#$\^...... AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE. ......^\$#
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