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*^-:,,.... only at night. long ago, someone here ....,,:-^*
¤%=»,.,,¨. must've angered the sun, and today it .¨,,.,»=%¤
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~-.¨¨¨..¨. snicker a bit. you usually get old .¨..¨¨¨.-~
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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 ,.,.,~\§%£
#&$*\-:¨¨¨ grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ¨¨¨:-\*$&#
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§§^†~~,¨,¨ reordered, some names i have never ¨,¨,~~†^§§
¤%\».¨,¨¨, heard. sometimes the dates are ,¨¨,¨.»\%¤
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-,.¨,.¨.,, for right now. i've stopped breathing. ,,.¨.,¨.,-
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;~,¨,,¨¨., too quick, spilling all my notes on the ,.¨¨,,¨,~;
†;-~.,¨¨¨, ground. one lands on my foot, it is a ,¨¨¨,.~-;†
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£%*/=,¨¨¨, care less right now. ,¨¨¨,=/*%£
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