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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 ..¨~~=%#@#
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/=^..,,..¨ the night. ¨..,,..^=/
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,,.¨¨¨.¨,, take me seriously and i fear they ,,¨.¨¨¨.,,
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.¨¨¨.¨,,,¨ before you learn the trade enough to ¨,,,¨.¨¨¨.
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¨¨,¨¨.¨,.¨ safely forward, every night. ¨.,¨.¨¨,¨¨
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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, .,¨,...,¨¨
.,¨¨¨..... 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 ...,,,.^«^
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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 ,...:~;¤¤#
@$/«~,¨.¨. care less right now. .¨.¨,~«/$@
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