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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 .¨¨§,.¨¨,.
,.,¤,¨,¨@¨ carries with it smells from far away, ..¨,&¨¨,,,
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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 §,¨.,...¨¨
¨£¨¨¨¨¨§@& 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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.¨¨...¤,.¨ hints of other places - some stars ¤¨#£,¨§,,,
¨.,¨,.,#¨¨ reordered, some names i have never .,&¤@..¤,¨
¨¨,,,,..#, heard. sometimes the dates are ,¨&.£¤.¨#.
¨¨..,¨.¨,& impossible. ¨..,§£§¨.#
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.,§...¨,,¨ for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¨,,,..@,@¤
@,¨#.,..,, i sling open the book of stars a bit ¨.¨,¨,,.#@
@#,.&,,..¨ 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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