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,&#,§.#,¤, must've angered the sun, and today it ¤.@§,#.@¨§
,.¤¨£¨£.£¨ still burns us strangely. but with the @,¨£,§¨§¨@
,§&,¤,¤¨¤. 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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¨@@.§¨#¨£. safely forward, every night. ¤.££,@.£,¤
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,.&.¤¨@¨#, something going on ahead. those around #.¨¤.§,¤.¤
¨@¤.@,#,#. 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 &,&£,§.§¨¤
,¨£¨@,¤¨#. impossible. @,¨&¨¤,§¨¤
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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 ¤¨¤£,@,#.&
,¨¤,&.¤¨@, care less right now. &.¨@¨£,@,¤
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.@&,#,@¨@. the sky. £¨@@¨#.@¨@
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