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£&.&,#,¤§, sunset the air comes raining back down £,£¨£¨@,§,
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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, £.§¨§¨£.£¨
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§@,&.§,§&¨ both space and time. a lot of it is #.#¨&.§¨§¨
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#@.#.§.£¤¨ heard. sometimes the dates are §¨@.@.§,&.
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.@.¤¨§¨¨@, 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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