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¨.-\=¤¤### still  burns us strangely. but  with the ###¤¤=\-.¨
,,=\§¤§### sunset the air comes raining  back  down ###§¤§\=,,
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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 @@#¤%%\«,.
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¨^~†§£§@## below which are  written coordinates  in ##@§£§†~^¨
,,»†*¤¤### both space and  time.  a  lot  of  it is ###¤¤*†»,,
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,--=%£¤@#@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @#@¤£%=--,
¨^«:††£§@# reordered,   some  names  i  have  never #@§£††:«^¨
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--:**£#@## i  sling open the book  of  stars a  bit ##@#£**:--
..¨,../;$@ too quick, spilling all my notes  on the @$;/..,¨..
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¨-~/=£@### drawing  of  a  muscle cow, but  i could ###@£=/~-¨
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