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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 &&#£&£¤£§#
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@§§£#@&£§§ 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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§&§&@#&#&§ 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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