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¨@¤#¤@¤@,. must've angered the sun, and today it ..,.¨£&,,¤
¤§..¨,.¨@¨ still burns us strangely. but with the &.¨¨.@¨&.¤
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@,§#,.¨¨@. and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨¨§,,£¨¨..
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,¨&£@¤#§&# take me seriously and i fear they ¨¨§,.&@¨,.
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,.&,&..¨¨¨ take other people. but i do lead them £¨#§@..,¨#
@¨###@..¨¨ safely forward, every night. .@¤,¨£.¨¨¤
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@,&.¨£&§&¤ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¤.§.,.¤,.,
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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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@¤.¨,#.,.¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨.¨£@¨£.,#
,¨¤..§¤.,. hints of other places - some stars .,,#,¤#&¨§
¤,@¤.#.¤.¨ 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 @.¨,#¤§,@£
¨.&..&¨&¤£ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨¤,¨§¨¨@&,
,,£&,@¤¤¨. care less right now. #£¤,§¤,&,§
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.§£&£,¤¨§& for it seems like there's a new moon in #¨¨§¨§&¨..
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