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¤.,¨&§&.¨§ must've angered the sun, and today it ,.££#.¨@.#
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.¤¤...¤#¤¨ sunset the air comes raining back down ,¨,,¤@£¨,#
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.§,§£¨.,§£ carries with it smells from far away, ¤¨..¨,&§§.
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¤¨.,¨,#§#. safely forward, every night. £@&¨¨,¨@.£
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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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,,¨#¤@¨.., 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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