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¨:~\*§#### calendar and timepiece as long as you ####§*\~:¨
¨.^-;†¤£@# know what year it is. every page is a #@£¤†;-^.¨
,¨¨,«*%&£# grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, #£&%*«,¨¨,
¨.:~*%§@## below which are written coordinates in ##@§%*~:.¨
,~~^%£#### both space and time. a lot of it is ####£%^~~,
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¨,,=\†§¶## reordered, some names i have never ##¶§†\=,,¨
.,-;*§¶@## heard. sometimes the dates are ##@¶§*;-,.
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.:-=†@@### for right now. i've stopped breathing. ###@@†=-:.
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