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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 ¤@*^«,.,,.
,,¨-»=%@&@ carries with it smells from far away, @&@%=»-¨,,
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..,~»;*$#@ take me seriously and i fear they @#$*;»~,..
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.~~*=¤£@@# before you learn the trade enough to #@@£¤=*~~.
,.:~/§£¤@# 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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..~~:*@#@# 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 ###%†;«.,¨
¨~-:=££### 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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¨¨,~«^*$§# for right now. i've stopped breathing. #§$*^«~,¨¨
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,.~~\%%¤¶# 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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.¨.¨~~\*&¤ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤&*\~~¨.¨.
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