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.~=\%*£¶## must've  angered  the sun, and today  it ##¶£*%\=~.
,,~*^%&@¶# still  burns us strangely. but with  the #¶@&%^*~,,
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,.¨«=*@¤@# and  gets  thick  enough to  breathe. it #@¤@*=«¨.,
¨~~/%@&### carries with it  smells from  far  away, ###&@%/~~¨
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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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¨~~*$¤@@@# calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you #@@@¤$*~~¨
.,.,=%*%$£ know  what year it is.  every  page is a £$%*%=,.,.
.^~†%%§@## 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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.,»*$@&@@# reordered,   some  names  i  have  never #@@&@$*»,.
,-=:**¤@@# heard.   sometimes    the   dates    are #@@¤**:=-,
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,,~;$§¤@## for right now. i've  stopped  breathing. ##@¤§$;~,,
,~~:^$£@@# i  sling  open  the book  of stars a bit #@@£$^:~~,
.,~**¤§£@# 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 &==~¨,....
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