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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 ,,,,...¨.,
.,¨,¨..¨¨¨ carries with it smells from far away, ¨¨¨..¨,¨,.
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--¨.,,...¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨...,,.¨--
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#£@£\--¨,, below which are written coordinates in ,,¨--\£@£#
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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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