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,,¨,,,=»*£ must've angered the sun, and today it £*»=,,,¨,,
.,-\^@@### still burns us strangely. but with the ###@@^\-,.
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¨:»=*$¤##@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it @##¤$*=»:¨
.,.,,~^%#¶ carries with it smells from far away, ¶#%^~,,.,.
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.:»;†&¤£## sharp contrast for the stale black of ##£¤&†;»:.
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¨:-=^££### snicker a bit. you usually get old ###££^=-:¨
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..¨~~~%$¤¤ safely forward, every night. ¤¤$%~~~¨..
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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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,.-†$*¤¶## hints of other places - some stars ##¶¤*$†-.,
,,«/*@¤@## reordered, some names i have never ##@¤@*/«,,
,,¨¨¨,/*£# heard. sometimes the dates are #£*/,¨¨¨,,
.^«^*%¤### impossible. ###¤%*^«^.
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¨-=*%@@¶## for right now. i've stopped breathing. ##¶@@%*=-¨
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