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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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,.,.,..¨,¨ take me seriously and i fear they ¨,¨..,.,.,
.¨.¨¨,¨,,. snicker a bit. you usually get old .,,¨,¨¨.¨.
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..¨,.,.,,, take other people. but i do lead them ,,,.,.,¨..
¨..,¨,,,,¨ 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 ,..¨.¨¨¨¨,
,..,,¨¨.,¨ 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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-~¨...,.¨¨ those pages are exactly what i scramble ¨¨.,...¨~-
^~,¨,.¨.,. for right now. i've stopped breathing. .,.¨.,¨,~^
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