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,,¨,¨.,,,# must've angered the sun, and today it ,.#,,.£.,.
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,,,¨,¨¨¨.. sunset the air comes raining back down £.¨.§.,¨&,
..,¨,..,¨¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it .¤,,¨#¨..£
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..£.¨¨#..¨ take me seriously and i fear they ,¤§,.£¨¨&¨
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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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&&,¨&,.£¨. book of stars, is a combined map, ,.,@¤£.,¤¨
&§&¨¨@.,§. calendar and timepiece as long as you ¨,¨§.@¤¨¨.
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¨¨£§@..#., grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ¨,,¨.#,¤£.
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&¨.,§§¤,,& both space and time. a lot of it is ¨,.,¨¨,£¨&
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.§¤£,.&.§& reordered, some names i have never &@£¨,.¨,.¨
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,.,¨¨,.@¤# i sling open the book of stars a bit ,.¤..¨§&§.
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&.¨¨.¨¨¨,# 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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