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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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§,£,§¨§,#, carries with it smells from far away, .£¨@¨¨£.¤,
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&,#,§,&.&. take me seriously and i fear they .§¨#,¨&¨¤,
£.£¨&¨&,@¨ snicker a bit. you usually get old .¤,¤.£@¨§¨
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@¨&¨@¨§,¤, take other people. but i do lead them .&.#¨£§¨§¨
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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 ¨#.¤.¤§,£,
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#¨@.¤¨£.#¨ those pages are exactly what i scramble ,@¨&.££¨£,
#.£¨£.§,§¨ 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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