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.-»\*@¤#@# must've angered the sun, and today it #@#¤@*\»-.
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,¨¨,-*$%¤# sharp contrast for the stale black of #¤%$*-,¨¨,
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...:-:*¤¤@ take me seriously and i fear they @¤¤*:-:...
,¨:«^%$@## snicker a bit. you usually get old ##@$%^«:¨,
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.¨~~;$&@£# take other people. but i do lead them #£@&$;~~¨.
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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 ####&†^~,.
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,,»/^££### for right now. i've stopped breathing. ###££^/»,,
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