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@&¨¨@¨.¤¨¤ must've angered the sun, and today it @@¨&@#.&,,
¤.@.£#,¤¤¤ still burns us strangely. but with the @¨£#¨,§£@¨
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&@£#,@@¤@& safely forward, every night. &£§¤¤&,&.,
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@,@,,&#,.¨ book of stars, is a combined map, ,&,§§.#£,#
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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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§,¨..@,.@, 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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