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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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%%*~,,¨,¨. and gets thick enough to breathe. it .¨,¨,,~*%%
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~:,,,..,,¨ 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 .,...,=*^@
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;~~¨.¨¨,¨¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨¨,¨¨.¨~~;
»:¨¨,,¨,.¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨.,¨,,¨¨:»
-¨,,.¨,.¨. reordered, some names i have never .¨.,¨.,,¨-
¨,.,¨¨..,. heard. sometimes the dates are .,..¨¨,.,¨
..¨.,¨,.., impossible. ,..,¨,.¨..
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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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