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,£¨£.¤,#,@ take me seriously and i fear they ¨&.&¨£.¤¨§
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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 ¨@.¤,#,@.¤
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.#.@¨&¨#¨# grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ¨#¨#.#¨#.¤
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¨@,£¨§¨£.& both space and time. a lot of it is ¨@.£.¤.@.£
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,#¨#¨#,&.@ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨@¨&¨@.£¨§
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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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