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,¨¨-,†$^§# must've angered the sun,  and  today  it #§^$†,-¨¨,
¨,~:%§£¶@# still burns  us  strangely. but with the #@¶£§%:~,¨
.:~/%$¤£## sunset the  air  comes raining back down ##£¤$%/~:.
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,~==*££@## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##@££*==~,
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,,=\§$§£@# the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, #@£§$§\=,,
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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, #§*@^:,,,.
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,.~†%%£### both  space  and  time.  a  lot of it is ###£%%†~.,
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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 #@%*%~¨,.¨
.-=*§@@### ground. one lands  on my  foot, it  is a ###@@§*=-.
,,«†*%%¤§# drawing of a  muscle cow,  but  i  could #§¤%%*†«,,
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