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†-:¨,,,¨¨, only at night. long ago, someone here ,¨¨,,,¨:-†
»,¨...¨,.. must've angered the sun, and today it ..,¨...¨,»
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=,¨,¨¨.,., sunset the air comes raining back down ,.,.¨¨,¨,=
^~,,¨¨,¨,¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨,¨,¨¨,,~^
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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 ,¨¨,..¨,»\
**~,¨..¨¨. both space and time. a lot of it is .¨¨..¨,~**
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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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