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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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.¨.:.-†*§¤ the night. ¤§*†-.:.¨.
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,^«/§&§¶## take me seriously and i fear they ##¶§&§/«^,
.~=/^*¤@## snicker a bit. you usually get old ##@¤*^/=~.
,^=^^£@#@# before you learn the trade enough to #@#@£^^=^,
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,,~^%@§@@@ 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 @%$\-^..,.
..«;%&@### applicable on earth, but not all. it ###@&%;«..
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¨:»:$@¤### reordered, some names i have never ###¤@$:»:¨
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.¨¨¨,,»*§@ impossible. @§*»,,¨¨¨.
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.,,¨:»*†¤¤ care less right now. ¤¤†*»:¨,,.
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