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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 ,£@#.&§&@@
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,¨£¨@¤&.@. sharp contrast for the stale black of &&¤@&.¨¨&.
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&.¨,&,¨@¨£ safely forward, every night. ,§#&¨¨£§,,
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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 £§§,#,,§.¨
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.#§§¨&§£.& hints of other places - some stars ,#,.£§.£¤§
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@.¤.#,¤,§. heard. sometimes the dates are .@@#@¨@¨#¨
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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. .@¤§,,.,..
¤,§@£¨¨,,. @,¨¤,.¨¨,¨
&@.¨@,¨..@ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤,#@,...¨@
,#¨#§..¨¤. the sky. @#.#¨.¨,@,
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