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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 «^¨,..,¨..
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..¨,.~^%%¤ safely forward, every night. ¤%%^~.,¨..
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¨.¨.¨.¨¨¨. book of stars, is a combined map, .¨¨¨.¨.¨.¨
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¨,.,,...~† 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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.,=*%$@### reordered, some names i have never ###@$%*=,.
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,,,,.¨^~=§ for right now. i've stopped breathing. §=~^¨.,,,,
...,¨,¨:~= i sling open the book of stars a bit =~:¨,¨,...
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,.,,¨..¨¨. 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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