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¨.,¨¨...¨. only at night. long ago, someone here .¨...¨¨,.¨
.,,,,.¨,¨, must've angered the sun, and today it ,¨,¨.,,,,.
.¨,,..,¨,, still burns us strangely. but with the ,,¨,..,,¨.
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,.¨,,,¨.¨¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨¨.¨,,,¨.,
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*~..,¨,... sharp contrast for the stale black of ...,¨,..~*
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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 ¨,¨.~~/^%&
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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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.¨,¨,¨,,¨. the sky. .¨,,¨,¨,¨.
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