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&¨§,£,¤..¤ sunset the air comes raining back down §.£,&,@,£¨
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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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#¨@.§¨@,¨& the corner have stopped, shouting, §¨¤.£¨§.§,
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¤,&.£,&¨¤¤ book of stars, is a combined map, @.&¨&¨§.@,
#,£¨@¨§,,§ 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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@¨&¨#¨£.#§ reordered, some names i have never §.¤¨¤¨£¨¤.
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@¨#,£.&,§§ those pages are exactly what i scramble §¨&¨§.@,£¨
§.¤.#.@¨,& 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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