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£§,&,£,&,# must've angered the sun, and today it £¨@.£.&.¤¨
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¤§,§.¤.&,@ sunset the air comes raining back down #,&¨@,&,¤.
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&#¨#¨@.§¨¤ take me seriously and i fear they ¤.@.¤,&.£¨
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&§,§.&¨#,& safely forward, every night. £¨#¨¤.¤¨¤¨
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£§.&.¤.£.& the corner have stopped, shouting, ¤¨@¨#¨¤.£.
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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 @¨§.£¨@.¤.
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#@¨¤,&,@.# hints of other places - some stars ¤¨&¨@.¤¨¤.
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¤#.£¨&,£,¤ 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 £,§.#¨§,#.
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