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.¨.§¨.¨,¨§ 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 &,..£,¨§¨.
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.#¨,&¨.,¤, take me seriously and i fear they §¤¨¨.§¤#¨,
.,§¨¨@¨¨¨£ snicker a bit. you usually get old #&#,.§.£#¨
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§¨.,¤,,#¨¨ take other people. but i do lead them ,,§#&..@.#
£@,¨.¤¨.@, safely forward, every night. ,.@.¤&,¨.#
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.£¨&£.,.@¨ something going on ahead. those around §,,,¨.£#@,
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&¨¨§,§#.¨, pointing. #&&¨,,¨,¤§
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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 ¤.,¨.,&§§.
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#¨.¨¨.&§§. below which are written coordinates in ¨,&¨.,,.§§
§#¨¨¨,&.£¤ both space and time. a lot of it is ¤,,£¨¨..§,
@@@¨,.¨¨£@ 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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@¨,¨.¨§&@¨ those pages are exactly what i scramble §,¨,.&@#,¨
.@.¨,,#,&§ 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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