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¨.,.,,¨¨.. only at night. long ago, someone here ..¨¨,,.,.¨
,,,.¨¨..., 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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##£§**=:¨. calendar and timepiece as long as you .¨:=**§£##
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###@=\=^.. grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ..^=\=@###
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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 ..¨.,.,.,.
.¨,..,.¨., too quick, spilling all my notes on the ,.¨.,..,¨.
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-..¨....,, care less right now. ,,....¨..-
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/=:¨.¨¨..¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨..¨¨.¨:=/
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