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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     ..==%%§@##
##@§%%==.. 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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