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..@,¤£.¨,, must've angered the sun, and today it ,¤.,,,¨,@.
,,,¨£#@.., still burns us strangely. but with the ,.£,¨.¨..§
@.,.&,&¤¨, sunset the air comes raining back down &¨,¤,.,,,.
,@....@££¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it .&,¨#¨¨.¨¨
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,§,¨¨.¨,&¨ take me seriously and i fear they ,¤#§.¨¨,¤.
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§.,#¨.,,,. before you learn the trade enough to ¨¨¨§@§,.¨¨
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..£..@¨,,¨ safely forward, every night. §,,¨,£&§,,
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&..,¨&.,§. something going on ahead. those around ,&&&.¨,&¨§
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¨&¨¨,#&£,. book of stars, is a combined map, @£¨¨..¨@¨.
,¨&.,@.£#. 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 ,,,.#@¤¨¨¨
.,¨#,,,&¨¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it .¨¨,#¨§@¨¨
¨,..#..¨¤, hints of other places - some stars ¨.,.¨,@&#.
...,.¤,,.¤ reordered, some names i have never ,,.,¨,@.£§
¤.¨,..§,,, heard. sometimes the dates are ¨.,.,.¨.&#
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¤,&@.,,¨.¤ those pages are exactly what i scramble ,¨..,.¨,,,
.,§¤#,.,,, for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¨,..,,,¨¨,
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,¨..&&&¨,. too quick, spilling all my notes on the .,¨,..,.¨,
¨¨,¨#.¤@,¨ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a &¨¨¨¨,,¨,¨
.¨...,#£§¨ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could &&¨,,¨.¨¨,
,,,.,¨§,@£ care less right now. £££...,...
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