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§/=-¨¨.,,, must've angered the sun, and today it ,,,.¨¨-=/§
%^/»,..¨,, still burns us strangely. but with the ,,¨..,»/^%
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^*-^,.,¨,. take me seriously and i fear they .,¨,.,^-*^
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~:,..,,,.. before you learn the trade enough to ..,,,..,:~
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¨.,¨¨,.¨., safely forward, every night. ,.¨.,¨¨,.¨
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=^¨,..¨,.¨ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨.,¨..,¨^=
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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 ,.,....,..
.,.,,¨.,¨, grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ,¨,.¨,,.,.
,.,¨¨..¨¨¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨¨¨..¨¨,.,
¨,,¨,¨.,¨. both space and time. a lot of it is .¨,.¨,¨,,¨
~¨.,,¨,.,¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨,.,¨,,.¨~
=^..,¨.,¨¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨¨,.¨,..^=
:»:¨,.¨,,. 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 ,.^«/=§¤#@
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&@*^«.¨,,¨ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨,,¨.«^*@&
%$;«^.,.,, care less right now. ,,.,.^«;$%
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