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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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##@@**;»,. book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, .,»;**@@##
##@¤%*\«-. calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you .-«\*%¤@##
&§%\/~^.:, know what year  it is. every  page is  a ,:.^~/\%§&
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¶%=~»¨.,,. both space  and  time.  a  lot of it  is .,,.¨»~=%¶
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##@#&†^=^. ground.  one lands on  my  foot, it is a .^=^†&#@##
###@§^/«~, drawing of  a muscle cow,  but  i  could ,~«/^§@###
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