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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 .,¨¨.,.:~;
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*=;-.,,,.. and gets thick enough to breathe. it ..,,,.-;=*
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%†»,.,,,,, before you learn the trade enough to ,,,,,.,»†%
:~.¨,¨.¨¨, take other people. but i do lead them ,¨¨.¨,¨.~:
=~¨,.,,.,, safely forward, every night. ,,.,,.,¨~=
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#@§$§\~,¨¨ calendar and timepiece as long as you ¨¨,~\§$§@#
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&$%*~.¨,,. grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, .,,¨.~*%$&
$†:~~,¨,.¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨.,¨,~~:†$
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†=~¨,,¨,¨¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨¨,¨,,¨~=†
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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 ¨,.¨.,,.¨.
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-^¨,.,.¨¨¨ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨¨¨.,.,¨^-
:~-,,..,.¨ care less right now. ¨.,..,,-~:
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