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£,.¨,¨.&¨¨ must've angered the sun, and today it .§#@£#,¤&#
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#¨.,£§#¨,. and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¤¨,£¤§§,¤,
¤¨.#¨¨#.,§ carries with it smells from far away, @.§,¨.¤&§£
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,¨#&¨£&.¨§ take other people. but i do lead them #&,¨£..§£,
,§.@@,¤,§¨ 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 .¨¨#¨¨..¤,
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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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