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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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#*§;--.,,, know what year it is. every page is a ,,,.--;§*#
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$†~^,.,,,¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨,,,.,^~†$
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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 ,¨,..,¨¨,.
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¨.¨.¨¨¨,,. those pages are exactly what i scramble .,,¨¨¨.¨.¨
~¨¨,,,¨¨,¨ 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 ¨..,..:~;=
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&%$\»,¨,.¨ care less right now. ¨.,¨,»\$%&
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