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,,,,,,,,,, ^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE OCEAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ^,LIVING,GHOST,OF,,THE,PRIMORDIAL SOUP,^ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,:                                          :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ 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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,:~^%$¤### INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU,            ###¤$%^~:,
,,:~^%$¤##                 NOT REACHING.            ##¤$%^~:,,
,,,:~^%$¤#                                          #¤$%^~:,,,
,,,,:~^%$¤ BUT THE BODY HAS LIMITS, THE BARRIER IS  ¤$%^~:,,,,
,,,,,:~^%$ 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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