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@,&¨,£.&,¤ sunset the air comes raining back down &,#£¨#@.£.
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£.£,¨&.£¨& take me seriously and i fear they §.§§,§£.£.
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&¨¤.,£.#¨# safely forward, every night. #¨§¤.§£.&,
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@,#¨£&,§¨, something going on ahead. those around £,,£,¨§¨&.
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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 @¨.@¨.&¨§,
¤¨¤,,&,¤.£ 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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£,@,¤£,@,. 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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#.¤,£&,@¨¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in #¨,&,¨¤.#.
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