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,¨¨,.¨¨¨.. must've angered the sun, and today it ..¨¨¨.,¨¨,
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.¨¨,¨¨.,¨¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨¨,.¨¨,¨¨.
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,¨¨....¨., colourful sparks for the imagination, a ,.¨....¨¨,
...,,.,¨,, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,,¨,.,,...
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....~;£¤£# take other people. but i do lead them #£¤£;~....
,,^-=££### safely forward, every night. ###££=-^,,
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,.,,.¨¨.,, book of stars, is a combined map, ,,.¨¨.,,.,
¨¨.,,¨,.,. calendar and timepiece as long as you .,.,¨,,.¨¨
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¨.,,.,,.,- 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 ##@&&†=~¨.
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¨.¨¨~=/¤¤@ for right now. i've stopped breathing. @¤¤/=~¨¨.¨
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¨¨¨,¨.¨,¨^ care less right now. ^¨,¨.¨,¨¨¨
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.¨..¨.¨..¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨..¨.¨..¨.
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