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.¨....¨,,¨ only at night. long ago, someone here ¨,,¨....¨.
,,,¨¨,¨¨,, 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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#£^;-:,.¨. book of stars, is a combined map, .¨.,:-;^£#
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#@@$^†~~¨, know what year it is. every page is a ,¨~~†^$@@#
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#@£§*\-,.. below which are written coordinates in ..,-\*§£@#
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%*=,,..,,, reordered, some names i have never ,,,..,,=*%
;«.,.¨.,.. heard. sometimes the dates are ..,.¨.,.«;
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.,.¨.,,,.¨ those pages are exactly what i scramble ¨.,,,.¨.,.
¨.¨..,,.., 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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