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¤.£@¨#¨¤#. 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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#,§¨¨.¨¤,£ take me seriously and i fear they ,¨¤¤¨£¨,¤£
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£¨¤¤.@¤,@@ safely forward, every night. .@@¤§,&,.#
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&,,¨@@¤#£# below which are written coordinates in &,¤£¤&,@#£
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£,¤§..¨,.§ applicable on earth, but not all. it ,§.,#,¤,,@
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¨@&@,¨,@§¨ reordered, some names i have never ,§@.,.&&&¤
¤¨,£¨.@¨@. heard. sometimes the dates are &¨&.,§¨,¨#
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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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#¤@£,£¨.¤, the sky. @&¨.@&¨.§¤
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